Newsletters and Newsflashes

2013
April 2013 Newsletter Reforming Mutual Fund Fee Structure Critical For Canadians
March 2013 Newsletter FAIR Canada Opposes Equity Crowdfunding
February 2013 Newsletter Statutory Best Interest Standard Highly Desirable and Feasible
January 2013 Newsletter
2012
December 2012 Newsletter
November 2012 Newsletter
November 2012 Newsflash
October 2012 Newsletter
September 2012 Newsletter
August 2012 Newsletter
July 2012 Newsletter
June 2012 Newsletter
May 2012 Newsletter
April 2012 Newsletter
March 2012 Newsletter Victims of Fraud and Insolvency Need Better Compensation
February 2012 Newsletter
January 2012 Newsletter Overhaul of Group Scholarship Plan Rules Needed to Protect Consumers
 
2011
December 2011 Newsletter
November 2011 Newsletter
November 2011 Newsflash
October 2011 Newsletter
September 2011 Newsletter Senate National Finance Committee to Examine Mutual Fund Fees
September 2011 Newsflash Letter to Minister Flaherty: Compare U.S. and Canadian Mutual Fund Fees
August 2011 Newsletter Dishonest Advisors Continue to Prey on Investors in Canada
July 2011 Newsletter Fund Facts Misleading Investors About Risk?
June 2011 Newsletter Sino Forest/Muddy Waters Scandal Raises Systemic Questions
May 2011 Newsletter Ombudsman under fire from financial industry
April 2011 Newsflash Morningstar Global Report Gives Canadian Mutual Fund Fees “F-” Grade
April 2011 Newsletter Investor Engagement in Securities Regulation
March/April 2011 Newsletter FAIR Canada Calls on Prime Minister to Take Action: Canadians need leadership on combating fraud
March 2011 Newsflash No Clear Benefits from TMX Merger
February 2011 Newsletter A Decade of Financial Scandals: FAIR Canada calls for National Action Plan to Tackle Investment Fraud
January 2011 Newsletter Will Canadian Securities Regulators Rise to the Challenge in 2011?
2010
December 2010 Newsletter FAIR Canada Calls for Reform of M&A Timely Disclosure Rules: Eliminate the Opportunity for Insider Trading
November 2010 Newsflash FAIR Canada Calls on Ontario Government to Strengthen Retirement System
October 2010 Newsletter Welcome Back, Mr. Wetston
September 2010 Newsletter FAIR Canada Granted Leave to Intervene in Supreme Court of Canada Reference
August 2010 Newsletter The Most Important OSC Chair in Modern Times
July 2010 Newsflash Managing Conflicts of Interest at the TSX FAIR Canada Releases Expert Report
July 2010 Newsletter Problems with Scholarship Plan Identified/Mutual Fund Point of Sale Proposal Falls Short
June 2010 Newsletter FAIR Canada Calls on OSC to Stop Magna Deal
May 2010 Newsletter – 2nd Edition Conflicts of Interest Go Alpha
May 2010 Newsletter Putting Clients’ Best Interests First
April 2010 Newsflash Leglislative Report Highlights “Public Interest” Mandate of OSC
March 2010 Newsletter – 2nd Edition Putting the Client’s Best Interest First (March 25, 2010 Conference)
March 2010 Newsletter FAIR Canada Issues Report on Money Market Funds: Canadians Losing Out on $300-$500 Million
February 2010 Newsletter FAIR Canada submits Comment Letter to the OSC on its Draft Statement of Priorities
January 2010 Newsflash FAIR Canada Supports Call for National Pension Summit
2009
October/November 2009 Newsletter Contracts for Difference: Gambling for Retail Investors
September 2009 Newsletter Focus on Financial Literacy
July 2009 Newsletter Leveraged and Inverse ETF Update: A Few Steps ForwardMuch Remains to be Done
June 2009 Newsletter FAIR Canada Works with Quebec Coalition for the Protection of Investors
May 2009 Newsletter FAIR Canada Special News Alert: Heads You lose, Tails You Lose:  The Strange Case of Leveraged ETFs
May 2009 Newsletter FAIR Canada Makes Submission to TSX on Shareholder Rights
April 2009 Newsletter TSX Conflict of Interest and OSC Takes Positive Steps for Investors
February 2009 Newsletter FAIR Canada Makes Submission to Ontario Standing Committee Reviewing OSC
January 2009 Newsletter FAIR Canada Applauds OSC Decision in Hudbay Case and Urges TSX to Bring Shareholder Approval Requirements in Line with Major Markets
2008
December 2008 Newsletter Looking Out for the Interests of Small Investors