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The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations
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A Way Forward: Energy Industry Ready to Fuel Canada's Recovery
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This Week in FCPA-Episode 96, 2018 - the Opening Day edition
Le Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières (le « BSIF ») a publié récemment une version révisée de la ligne directrice E-23 - Gestion du risque de modélisation (le « projet de ligne directrice ») énonçant les...more
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) recently released an updated draft of Guideline E-23 Model Risk Management (Draft Guideline) setting expectations related to enterprise-wide artificial...more
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
Le 24 avril 2023, le Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières (le « BSIF »), soit l’organisme de réglementation des institutions financières fédérales au Canada, a publié la nouvelle Ligne directrice sur la gestion...more
On April 24, 2023, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), Canada’s federal financial institutions regulator, released its much-anticipated new Guideline B-10: Third-Party Risk Management...more
Le 27 avril 2022, le Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières (le « BSIF »), l’organisme de réglementation des institutions financières fédérales au Canada, a publié la nouvelle ébauche très attendue de la Ligne...more
On April 27, 2022, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), Canada’s federal financial institutions regulator, released its much-anticipated new Draft Guideline B-10: Third-Party Risk Management...more
Le 9 novembre 2021, le Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières (« BSIF ») a lancé une consultation publique de trois mois sur le nouveau projet de ligne directrice B-13, Gestion du risque lié aux technologies et...more
On November 9, 2021, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) launched a three-month public consultation on a new Draft Guideline B‑13: Technology and Cyber Risk Management (Draft Guideline). The...more
Le 4 novembre 2021, le Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières (« BSIF ») a déclaré qu’il ne s’attendait plus à ce que les institutions financières fédérales (« IFF ») suspendent temporairement l’augmentation des...more
On November 4, 2021, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) announced an end to its expectation that federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs) will not increase capital distributions to...more
L’année 2020 a été dominée par un seul événement mondial : la pandémie de COVID-19. La législation et les lignes directrices en matière de réglementation qui s’appliquent aux institutions financières fédérales (les « IFF »)...more
2020 was dominated by a single global event: the COVID-19 pandemic. Regulatory guidance and legislation affecting federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs) in Canada were no exception. Governments and regulators...more
SURVOL - L’innovation et la transformation technologiques et numériques se poursuivent à un rythme accéléré. Bien qu’elles soient essentielles à l’évolution et au succès continus dans plusieurs secteurs d’activités, la...more
Le 11 juin 2020, le Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières (le « BSIF ») a mis à jour sa FAQ relative à la COVID-19 afin d’aborder la restriction sur l’augmentation des dividendes applicable aux institutions de...more
On June 11, 2020, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) updated its COVID-19 FAQs to address the dividend increase restriction applicable to federally regulated deposit-taking institutions and...more
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) just published an advisory letter for federally regulated financial institutions (FRFI). The advisory sets out OSFI's expectations for FRFI cybersecurity...more
In 2018, financial institutions in Canada witnessed yet another year of significant expansion in legislation and regulatory guidance impacting their operations....more
On January 24, 2019, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) published the Technology and Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Advisory (Advisory) applicable to all federally regulated financial...more
On March 27, 2018, the federal government introduced Bill C-74, Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1 (Bill), which includes proposed legislative changes that will be of interest to Canada’s financial sector. ...more
On July 6, 2017, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) issued a revised version of Guideline B-20 – Residential Mortgage Underwriting Practices and Procedures (Draft Guideline) for comment. This...more
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
A parallel set of margin requirements is being proposed by the Canadian Securities Administrators’ (CSA) Derivatives Committee (Consultation Paper 95-401 – Margin and Collateral Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared...more
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), Canada’s federal regulator of financial institutions, recently issued Guideline E-22 – Margin Requirements for Non-Centrally Cleared Derivatives? (Guideline)....more
On December 11, 2015, the Canadian Department of Finance, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) and the Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation (CMHC) announced forthcoming changes to existing federal...more