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FAIR Canada in the Media
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2020
May 21, 2020
Investment Executive-Regulators offer little relief for investors
May 3, 2020
May 3, 2020
Boomer&Echo-Weekend Reading: Identity Fraud Edition
May 1, 2020
Investment Executive-Enhanced Investor Protection Needed
April 27, 2020
Investment Executive-IIROC warns about risky ETFs in choppy markets
April 24, 2020
Wealth Professional –FAIR Canada seeks relief for group RESP plan subscribers
April 24, 2020
Investment Executive – FAIR Canada requests relief for group RESP customers
April 2, 2020
Wealth Professional – FAIR Canada urges comprehensive review of SRO framework
March 31, 2020
Investment Executive – FAIR Canada calls for comprehensive SRO review
March 27, 2020
Wealth Professional – FAIR Canada urges suspension of DSC fees
March 26, 2020
March 26, 2020
Investment Executive – Stop DSCs and relieve margin loans: FAIR Canada
March 6, 2020
Investment Executive-Are tougher RESP dealer rules needed?
February 13, 2020
Investment Executive – Is self-regulation working in the public interest?
February 4, 2020
Morningstar – What next for FAIR Canada?
January 31, 2020
Investment Executive – “Big Shoes to Fill” at OSC
January 17, 2020
Investment Executive – DSC ban without Ontario?
January 2, 2020
Wealth Professional – DSCs ‘target the most vulnerable investors’
2019
Print and Other Media
December 16, 2019
December 3, 2019
The Globe and Mail – A FAIR shake for everyday investors
November 7, 2019
Advisor’s Edge – New Board Members Strengthen FAIR Canada
November 7, 2019
Investment Executive – FAIR Canada adds to board
November 6, 2019
Investment Executive – Ontario to review Securities Act for first time in 16 years
October 22, 2019
Wealth Professional – BC’s securities regulator promises Canada’s strongest powers
October 18, 2019
October 18, 2019
Advisor’s Edge – FAIR Canada unable to secure matching funding
October 18, 2019
October 17, 2019
Investment Executive – The Slow Death of Canada’s Banking Ombudsman
October 10, 2019
October 8, 2019
Investment Executive – What to make of the CSA’s revised client-focused reforms
September 3, 2019
The Globe and Mail – Investor advocates are taking aim at proposed regulatory changes from IIROC
August 23, 2019
Investment Executive – MFDA proposes trading flexibility
July 30, 2019
The Globe and Mail – Why investors need to be concerned about misleading risk ratings
July 29, 2019
July 24, 2019
July 5, 2019
Advisor’s Edge – Investor advocates criticize IIROC’s proposed enforcement tools
July 5, 2019
Investment Executive – Investor advocates push back on IIROC enforcement plans
May 2, 2019
April 30, 2019
April 21, 2019
The Globe and Mail – Advocacy Group for Canadian investors struggles for funding and survival
April 12, 2019
Investment Executive – Industry applauds Ontario’s pledge to regulate planner, advisor titles
April 12, 2019
April 9, 2019
Investment Executive – FAIR Canada rejigs management, board
April 8, 2019
Advisor’s Edge – New appointments at FAIR Canada
February 28, 2019
Richmond News – Junior exchange moves to close Bridgemark scheme loophole
January 11, 2019
Investment Executive – Investor submissions to proposed DSC ban reveal anger, frustration
2018
Print and Other Media
December 31, 2018
December 30, 2018
December 17, 2018
December 6, 2018
Wealth Professional Canada – Investor advocates renew calls against DSCs, trailing commissions
November 29, 2018
November 28, 2018
Advisor.ca – When a senior client’s situation sparks suspicion
November 25, 2018
November 23, 2018
November 22, 2018
November 22, 2018
November 22, 2018
The Globe and Mail – Federal watchdog to review Canadian banks’ complaints handling processes
November 9, 2018
November 9, 2018
Investment Executive – Skepticism dogs CMRA’s progress
November 9, 2018
Investment Executive – CMRA does not violate constitution, Supreme Court rules
November 2, 2018
October 23, 2018
The Insurance and Investment Journal – FAIR Canada repeats need for statutory best interest
October 22, 2018
Advisor’s Edge – FAIR and PMAC focus on fiduciary duty in CFRs
October 11, 2018
Advisor’s Edge – Retail banking consumers need single ombudsman, say advocate groups
October 11, 2018
Investment Executive – Groups launch campaign calling for one banking ombudsman
October 9, 2018
Financial Post – Regulator opens door to whole new fund category: ‘liquid alts’
October 4, 2018
October 3, 2018
Business in Vancouver – BCSC tightens mortgage and investment exemptions
September 13, 2018
September 10, 2018
The Globe and Mail – Scotiabank joins RBC, TD in dropping ombudsman to resolve customer complaints
September 10, 2018
Investment Executive – CARP calls for feds to designate OBSI “single, binding dispute resolution body”
August 31, 2018
August 31, 2018
Wealth Professional – FAIR Canada seeks answers from CSA
August 30, 2018
Investment Executive – FAIR Canada seeks clarity on Client Focused Reforms
August 24, 2018
Investment Executive – The debate over CRM3
August 7, 2018
August 7, 2018
The Globe and Mail – Canada’s Securities Exchange publishes investors’ personal information
August 7, 2018
August 7, 2018
Wealth Professional – Pot exchange accused of “disturbing” breach of privacy
August 7, 2018
July 31, 2018
July 27, 2018
Investment Executive – Trust Betrayed
July 20, 2018
July 20, 2018
Investment Executive – Industry divided on expanding cost reporting
June 22, 2018
Investment Executive – Split reactions to CSA proposals
June 22, 2018
Investment Executive – OSC sets sights on new targets
June 22, 2018
The Insurance & Investment Journal – Regulators’ proposed reforms draw mixed reactions
June 19, 2018
The Globe and Mail – Investment industry slams OSC over ‘disproportionately small’ RBC fine
June 19, 2018
June 8, 2018
Advisor.ca – OSC’s ‘Slow’ Pace on Priorities Irks Investor Groups
June 1, 2018
April 27, 2018
Investment Executive – Making a move on fees : New lawsuit and SRO proposals could affect CSA’s decision
April 27, 2018
Investment Executive – Rules for “planners”: Policy-makers called on to do more than they’re proposing
April 25, 2018
Advisor.ca – Move Over CRM2: MFDA Proposes Total Cost Disclosure
April 24, 2018
Investment Executive – Report outlines FAIR Canada’s achievements
April 24, 2018
Canadian Fraud News Inc. – Osgoode investor protection clinic receives $80K in court-directed award
April 23, 2018
Wealth Professional – Advisors dismayed at report on banks’ sales tactics
April 22, 2018
April 16, 2018
Canadian Lawyer – Osgoode investor protection clinic receives $80K in court-directed award
April 9, 2018
Osgoode Hall Law School (York University) – Osgoode Investor Protection Clinic receives $80,000 court-directed award
April 6, 2018
Winter 2018
Osgood Hall Laws School of York University : Alumni Magazine (Continuum) – Worth Investing In
March 29, 2018
Investment Executive – Will the OSC deliver for seniors?
March 29, 2018
Investment Executive – Clients and mental capacity
March 27, 2018
The Globe & Mail – Aphria, Nuuvera deal prompts questions about disclosure rule gap
March 27, 2018
March 26, 2018
The Globe & Mail – Buyer beware with exempt securities
March 22, 2018
March 20, 2018
The Globe & Mail – Controls on sales practices at Canadian banks ‘insufficient’: watchdog
March 20, 2018
March 20, 2018
Investment Executive – FCAC says controls to mitigate sales risk at banks “insufficient”
March 18, 2018
March 8, 2018
The Globe & Mail – CSA urges reforms to rules governing syndicated mortgages
March 1, 2018
Investment Executive – Finding common ground on elder abuse
February 26, 2018
Law Times – Elder financial abuse a pressing issue
February 26, 2018
Investment Executive – Investor advocates urge OBSI regulators to act on Battell report
February 15, 2018
The Wall Street Journal – At Thomson Reuters, Tensions Between Family and Board Ratchet Up With Blackstone Deal
February 13, 2018
February 7, 2018
February 6, 2018
Globe & Mail – Lululemon called on for more disclosure on CEO’s departure
February 6, 2018
January 31, 2018
Business Vancouver – Educating elders on financial abuse
January 25, 2018
Advisor.ca – What Happens When Advice Breaks Up With Investments
January 18, 2018
January 2018
Investment Executive – Provinces line up for fight over CCMR
2017
Print and Other Media
December 8, 2017
Investment Executive – Investor advocates welcome steps to ensure compliance with OBSI requirements
December 7, 2017
Investment Executive – Regulators express concerns with complaint handling, complying with OBSI
December 2017
Investment Executive – Old obstacles affecting new competitors
November 27, 2017
Morningstar – Vulnerable investors lack protection
November 23, 2017
November 17, 2017
Investment Executive – No more internal ombudsmen?
November 17, 2017
November 17, 2017
Investment Executive – Report calls on industry to combat elder financial abuse
November 17, 2017
Advisor.ca – How The Industry Can Protect Vulnerable Investors
November 2, 2017
Investment Executive – Legal clinic provides free assistance to aggrieved investors
November 2017
Investment Executive – Finance Canada eyes legislative reform
September 29, 2017
The Lawyer’s Daily – First Canadian legal clinic for investors opens at Osgoode Hall
September 26, 2017
Advisor.ca – Pro Bono Legal Clinic Backs Wronged Investors
September 22, 2017
Investment Executive – Investor protection clinic offers free legal advice
September 12, 2017
September 11, 2017
Investment Executive – Securities commissions defend name and shame lists despite long list of unpaid penalties
August 31, 2017
August 31, 2017
Investment Executive – OSC announces IFPAC members
August 23, 2017
Investment Executive – Frank Allen named FAIR Canada executive director
August 23, 2017
Wealth Professional – Can industry leaders reach an agreement on fees?
August 18, 2017
Insurance Investment – OSC roundtable to explore alternatives to embedded commissions ban
August 18, 2017
Investment Executive – OSC announces key details for embedded commissions roundtable
August 9, 2017
The Hennick Centre for Business and Law – Hennick Centre Past Co-Director, Poonam Puri voted one of Canada’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers 2017
August 8, 2017
Law Times –Investors Clinic Launched
August 3, 2017
Law Foundation of Ontario – Eight new Access to Justice Fund grants aim to better understand and protect vulnerable investors
August 3, 2017
July 10, 2017
The Globe and Mail – Battle brewing over proposal to loosen Canada’s hedge-fund rules
June 24, 2017
Financial Times – Fierce resistance to ban on Canadian commission fees
June 16, 2017
Advisor.ca – No Advice Gap From other Commissions Bans: Investors
June 6, 2017
Investment Executive – FAIR Canada, CCEL launch project to protect vulnerable clients
June 2, 2017
Canadian Centre for Elder Law – Protecting Older Investors: A Joint Project of FAIR Canada and the CCEL
May 31, 2017
The Globe and Mail – Canada’s new securities regulatory structure is a disservice to investors
May 23, 2017
May 23, 2017
Wealth Professional – Self-directed investors still charged for advice
May 19, 2017
The Globe and Mail – No advice but still a price: Fund fees for DIY investors draw fire
May 17, 2017
Mostly Money with Preet Banerjee (Podcast) – Securities regulation 101 with Professor Anita Anand
May 2017
Investment Executive – Tightening the disciplinary screws
May 11, 2017
April 26, 2017
Mostly Money with Preet Banerjee (Podcast) – Investment legend Stephen Jarislowsky
April 17, 2017
April 17, 2017
April 6, 2017
April 6, 2017
The Globe and Mail – Money Monitor: What your financial adviser’s qualifications mean
April 6, 2017
April 6, 2017
April 5, 2017
The Insurance & Investment Journal – FAIR Canada calls on securities regulators to address banks’ sales practices
April 4, 2017
Investment Executive – FAIR Canada calls on regulators to take action on banks’ sales practices
April 4, 2017
April 4, 2017
April 2017
Investment Executive – Call for standards
March 31, 2017
March 31, 2017
Winnipeg Free Press – Tool for financial service regulators to collect fines from advisers limited
March 23, 2017
March 16, 2017
The Lawyer’s Daily – Investment clinic to provide pro bono legal assistance for investors
March 11, 2017
Osgoode Hall Law School – Investor Protection Clinic
February 24, 2017
National Newswatch – Friends ask OSC to be ‘merciful’ with ex-Livent CEO Garth Drabinsky
February 21, 2017
The Insurance & Investment Journal – Advisor groups fight potential ban on embedded commissions
February 10, 2017
GetSmarterAboutMoney.ca – Meet Jim Sinclair, OSC General Counsel
February 9, 2017
The Globe and Mail – Seven criteria for finding the right investment adviser
January 16, 2017
Wealth Professional – Investor rights group weighs in on proposed trailer abolition
January 16, 2017
Advisor.ca – Talk Versus Action on Embedded Commissions Ban
January 12, 2017
January 10, 2017
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FAIR Canada
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Ellen Roseman
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kindwealth.ca
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FAIR Canada
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FAIR Canada
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