August 12, 2020
August 12, 2020
August 5, 2020
What’s the rush to merge IIROC and MFDA?
By John Carson
February 13, 2019
Is Self-regulation Working in the Public Interest?
By Ermanno Pascutto and Douglas Walker
October 17, 2019
Statement on The Slow Death of Canada’s Banking Ombudsman
By Ermanno Pascutto
September 22, 2019
June 27, 2019
Statement on SNC Part II: Clarification of FAIR Canada Position
By Ermanno Pascutto and Douglas Walker
April 15, 2019
FAIR Canada Statement on SNC Part I
By Ermanno Pascutto and Douglas Walker
FAIR Canada supports the use of deferred prosecution agreements to resolve allegations of criminal offences brought against Canadian public companies in order to mitigate the victimization of innocent shareholders.
October 31, 2016
Be bold, regulators
By Neil Gross
Those still timorous and uncertain about introducing a best interest duty have a duty, themselves, to become decisive
October 3, 2016
Non-GAAP metrics: investors’ little helpers or harmful nonsense?
By Neil Gross
Every company can calculate non-GAAP metrics however they want, so there’s real risk of investors and markets being misled
September 6, 2016
Class dismissed
By Neil Gross
Overcautious courts are erecting barriers to securities class actions, even though these lawsuits are essential for maintaining the integrity and fairness of our capital markets
August 8, 2016
Why is deficient issuer disclosure allowed to persist?
By Neil Gross
Data shows that investors routinely receive, or are at risk of receiving, seriously bad disclosure from reporting issuers more than a quarter of the time
July 11, 2016
If equity crowdfunding is a dud, let it die
By Neil Gross
The trickle of interest in the U.S. has prompted some lawmakers there to conclude that the design of the exemption must have been bungled
June 13, 2016
Who benefits and who loses from keeping OBSI toothless?
By Neil Gross
A new independent report makes it clear that binding decisions are needed for full and fair compensation
May 16, 2016
Investment professional or faux pro: Which will you be?
By Neil Gross
It’s time for advisors who want to be true professionals to make their voices heard in support of some real reforms
April 18, 2016
The Case for Robo-reciprocity
By Neil Gross
Reciprocal enforcement of disciplinary orders is a practical way to reduce problems caused by regulatory fragmentation, but it needs to be comprehensive and automatic
March 21, 2016
Fraud prevention requires detention
By Neil Gross
Deterrence is the key ingredient, but it won’t be achieved through fines and public education
February 22, 2016
Science-denying tactics will do the mutual fund industry no good
By Neil Gross
As regulators enter the final stage of deciding the fate of trailing commissions, they rightly insist on real evidence-based analysis
January 25, 2016
Laws should aid misled investors, not negligent auditors
By Neil Gross
It’s time to discard an ill-fitting legal precedent and rethink our inadequate liability limits