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Projet de loi n° 92 : Le Québec franchit une étape de plus dans la modernisation de l’encadrement de son secteur financier

Le 8 avril 2025, le ministre des Finances du Québec, Eric Girard, a déposé à l’Assemblée nationale le projet de loi n° 92, Loi modifiant diverses dispositions principalement dans le secteur financier (le « projet de loi »). ...more

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OSFI Focuses on Culture Risk Issues in New Regulatory Notice

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On November 21, 2024, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (“OSFI”) released a regulatory notice on managing culture risk (the “Notice”). The Notice follows industry feedback on OSFI’s February 2023...more

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OSFI Releases Finalized Integrity and Security Guideline

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On January 31, 2024, OSFI released its finalized Integrity and Security Guideline (“Guideline”). The Guideline is a result of the extension of OSFI’s mandate, as of January 1, 2024, to include the oversight of integrity and...more

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OSFI’s Draft Security and Integrity Guideline: What’s Expected of FRFIs and When?

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On October 13, 2023, OSFI released its draft Integrity and Security Guideline (“Guideline”). The Guideline, which would layer new and expanded expectations over existing applicable guidance, would apply to all Federally...more

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OSFI Releases Draft Culture and Behaviour Risk Guideline

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On February 28, 2023, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (“OSFI”) announced the release of a draft Culture and Behaviour Risk Guideline (“Draft Guideline”). In response to feedback received in response...more

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A Look Inside OSFI’s New Corporate Governance Guideline

On September 18, 2018, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) released the final version of its revised Corporate Governance Guideline (Revised CG Guideline), following consultations in late 2017....more

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Securities Regulators Anticipate Greater Requirements on Climate Change Disclosure

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On April 5, 2018, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 51-354 Report on Climate change-related Disclosure Project, which reports the findings of their project to review disclosure by...more

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Year in Review: Legislation and Guidance for Federal Financial Institutions in 2017

2017 marked another year of prodigious development of legislation and regulatory guidance impacting federal financial institutions in Canada. The new wave of initiatives in 2017 included the second stage of the...more

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Institutional Investors Call for Increased, Standardized, Climate-Related Disclosures

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On October 26, 2017, 30 Canadian financial institutions representing $1.2 trillion in investment assets (the Signatories), including Desjardins and Vancity, issued a declaration (the Declaration) of commitment to advancing...more

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A Look Inside OSFI’s Draft New Corporate Governance Guideline

In November 2017, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) released for public comment a revised draft of its Corporate Governance Guideline (CG Guideline). The proposed revisions follow...more

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Year in Review: Legislation and Guidance for Financial Institutions in 2016

The regulation of federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs) continued intensifying in 2016 with a new wave of legislative and regulatory initiatives impacting mortgage lending, the bank resolution regime, the life...more

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Cybersecurity 2.0: What’s Expected of Federally Regulated Financial Institutions

As federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs) expand their reliance on technology, employ progressively complicated and interconnected networks and systems, increase their electronic service offerings and collaborate...more

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How the Revised Draft Capital Markets Act Affects Registrants, Other Market Participants

The comment period on the recently published revised consultation draft of the uniform provincial and territorial Capital Markets Act (CMA) and draft initial regulations under the CMA (Initial Regulations and, together with...more

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