MFDA issues Notice of Settlement Hearing in respect of Taayla Mark
TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2019 /CNW/ - The Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada ("MFDA") announced that it has issued a Notice of Settlement Hearing dated February 15, 2019 ("Notice of Settlement Hearing") regarding the presentation, review and consideration of a proposed settlement agreement by a Hearing Panel of the MFDA's Pacific Regional Council.
The settlement agreement will be between Staff of the MFDA and Taayla Markell Mark ("Respondent") and involves matters for which the Respondent may be disciplined by a Hearing Panel pursuant to MFDA By-laws. The proposed settlement agreement concerns allegations that the Respondent:
a) |
between October 19, 2015 and January 21, 2016, processed nine transactions in two client accounts without discussing the specific elements of the trades thereby engaging in authorized discretionary trading, contrary to the policies and procedures of the Member and MFDA Rules 2.3.1(b), and 2.1.1; |
b) |
on January 21, 2016, processed five trades in the accounts of one client based on the requests of the client's spouse without the authorization of the client, contrary to the policies and procedures of the Member and MFDA Rules 2.1.1; |
c) |
between October 19, 2015 and April 13, 2016, submitted four trades in four client accounts to the Member, without maintaining sufficient evidence of client instructions, contrary to the policies and procedures of the Member and MFDA Rules 2.1.1, 2.3.1, 2.10 and 1.1.2; and |
d) |
between January 19, 2016 and February 2, 2016, made changes to Know-Your-Client ("KYC") information in four client accounts without discussing or obtaining authorization of the clients prior to making the changes and without completing a KYC update form as required by the Member, contrary to the policies and procedures of the Member, and MFDA Rules 2.2.4, 1.1.2, 2.5.1, and 2.1.1. |
The settlement hearing is to take place on April 18, 2019, commencing at 10:00 a.m. (Pacific), or as soon thereafter as the matter can be held, in the hearing room at the British Columbia Securities Commission, 701 West Georgia Street, Suite 1200, Vancouver, British Columbia.
MFDA settlement hearings are typically held in the absence of the public pursuant to section 20.5 of MFDA By-law No. 1 and Rule 15.2(2) of the MFDA Rules of Procedure. If the Hearing Panel accepts the settlement agreement, then the proceeding will become open to the public and a copy of the decision of the Hearing Panel and the settlement agreement will be made available at www.mfda.ca.
A copy of the Notice of Settlement Hearing is available on the MFDA website at www.mfda.ca. During the period described in the Notice of Settlement Hearing, the Respondent carried on business in the Vancouver, British Columbia area.
The MFDA is the self-regulatory organization for Canadian mutual fund dealers, regulating the operations, standards of practice and business conduct of its Members and their approximately 81,000 Approved Persons with a mandate to protect investors and the public interest. For more information about the MFDA's complaint and enforcement processes, as well as links to 'Check an Advisor' and other Investor Tools, visit the For Investors page on the MFDA website.
SOURCE Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada
Charles Toth, Managing Director, Litigation, 416-943-4619, [email protected]; Jeff Mount, Vice-President, Pacific Region, 604-694-8846, [email protected]
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