Authors: Kimberly Burns, Mahdi Shams
The recent proliferation of initial coin offerings (ICOs) has been fueled, in part, by the proposition that the coins/tokens offered in an ICO are not securities… Read More
Authors: Steven Robertson, Tessa Rowland
An Initial Coin Offering (“ICO”) – also sometimes referred to as an Initial Token Offering – provides a nascent business (typically a startup) with a crowdfunding… Read More
Authors: Kimberly Burns, Mahdi Shams
Blockchain has led to serious consideration of how its decentralized technology can be applied in the finance sector and beyond. In this post we explore three… Read More
For investment funds issuing securities on a private placement basis to Canadian residents, National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions (“NI 45-106”) permits the once yearly filing of Form 45-106F1 Report of… Read More
Authors: Kimberly Burns, Mahdi Shams
Bitcoin is the world’s first and most well-known cryptocurrency and decentralized payment system.
Its functional basis is the distributed ledger technology known as blockchain through which Bitcoin… Read More
Authors: Kimberly Burns, Mahdi Shams
Blockchain was the new vocabulary word for 2017. Constantly in the news, and on all of our lips, interest in blockchain dramatically increased over the past… Read More
Authors: Anna Beatch, Tom Richards, Erin Smith
Directors of a corporation are usually required to call a meeting of shareholders when requisitioned by shareholders. This requirement is subject to several exceptions,… Read More
Authors: Paul Goldman, Kimberly Burns
Updated June 23: The CSA has extended the comment period until July 28 (from July 7).
The Canadian Securities Administrators (the “CSA”) is soliciting comments on potential regulatory changes… Read More
Authors: Anna Beatch, Erin Smith
The Canadian Securities Administrators (the “CSA”) recently hosted a roundtable discussion to explore cybersecurity issues and responses to cybersecurity attacks. A key theme that emerged from… Read More
Authors: Lynn Hnatick, Justin Wood
Earlier this month, the Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) released Staff Notice 51-348 – Staff’s Review of Social Media Used by Reporting Issuers. It comes as a result… Read More
