CALGARY, Jan. 4, 2017 /CNW/ - Following a disciplinary hearing held on October 18 – 20, 2016, in Calgary, Alberta, a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) found that Jamie Peter Yaskiw failed to know his clients, made unsuitable recommendations, and engaged in discretionary trading with respect to the accounts of three clients.
The Hearing Panel's decision dated December 5th, 2016, is available at: http://www.iiroc.ca/Documents/2017/941b1f05-1739-450b-b8eb-b5caee1d1086_en.pdf.
Specifically, the Hearing Panel found that Mr. Yaskiw committed the following violations:
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Between approximately January 2012 and June 2014, Mr. Yaskiw failed to use due diligence to learn and remain informed of the essential facts relative to three clients, contrary to Dealer Member Rule 1300.1(a); |
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Between approximately January 2012 and June 2014, Mr. Yaskiw failed to use due diligence to ensure that recommendations were suitable for three clients, contrary to Dealer Member Rule 1300.1(q); and |
(c) |
Between approximately January 2012 and June 2014, Mr. Yaskiw engaged in discretionary trading with respect to the accounts of three clients, without being authorized and approved as having discretionary authority, contrary to Dealer Member Rule 1300.4. |
A separate hearing will be held to determine the penalty to be imposed on Mr. Yaskiw, the date of which will be made available at www.iiroc.ca.
Documents related to ongoing IIROC enforcement proceedings – including Reasons and Decisions of Hearing Panels – are posted on the IIROC website as they become available. Click here to search and access all IIROC enforcement documents.
IROC formally initiated the investigation into Mr. Yaskiw's conduct in December 2014. The violations occurred while he was a Registered Representative with the Calgary branch of Wolverton Securities Ltd., an IIROC-regulated firm. Mr. Yaskiw is no longer a registrant with an IIROC- regulated firm.
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IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and their trading activity in Canada's debt and equity markets. IIROC sets high quality regulatory and investment industry standards, protects investors and strengthens market integrity while supporting healthy Canadian capital markets. IIROC carries out its regulatory responsibilities through setting and enforcing rules regarding the proficiency, business and financial conduct of dealer firms and their registered employees and through setting and enforcing market integrity rules regarding trading activity on Canadian equity marketplaces.
IIROC investigates possible misconduct by its member firms and/or individual registrants. It can bring disciplinary proceedings which may result in penalties including fines, suspensions, permanent bars, expulsion from membership, or termination of rights and privileges for individuals and firms.
All information about disciplinary proceedings relating to current and former member firms is available in the Enforcement section of the IIROC website. Background information regarding the qualifications and disciplinary history, if any, of advisors currently employed by IIROC-regulated firms is available free of charge through the IIROC AdvisorReport service. Information on how to make investment dealer, advisor or marketplace-related complaints is available by calling 1 877 442-4322.
SOURCE Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) - General News
For further information: Enforcement Contact: Warren Funt, Vice President, Western Canada, 604-331-4750, [email protected]; Media Contact: Karen Archer, Manager, Media Relations, 416-865-3046, [email protected]
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