CALGARY, Oct. 13, 2016 /CNW/ - A hearing has been scheduled before a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) in the matter of Shaun Wayne Howell.
The hearing concerns allegations that Mr. Howell solicited clients to invest in securities and then misappropriated the funds received. It is also alleged that he engaged in personal financial dealings with a client.
The hearing is open to the public, unless the Panel orders otherwise. The decision of the Hearing Panel 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.
Hearing Dates: November 21- 23rd, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Location: Bow Valley Square Conference Center (Bow Valley Square tower 2, 3rd Floor), Hamilton Room, 205 – 5th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta
Specifically, the allegations are that:
a. Between November 2008 and February 2015, Mr. Howell solicited clients to invest in a variety of securities and then misappropriated the funds received, thereby engaging in conduct unbecoming or detrimental to the public interest, contrary to IIROC Dealer Member Rule 29.1; and
b. In February 2013, Mr. Howell engaged in personal financial dealings with a client when he borrowed money from a client without his Dealer Member firm's knowledge, contrary to IIROC Dealer Member Rule 29.1.
IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Mr. Howell's conduct in March 2015. The alleged violations occurred while he was a Registered Representative with the Red Deer, Alberta branch of RBC Dominion Securities Inc., an IIROC-regulated firm. Mr. Howell is no longer a registrant with an IIROC- regulated firm.
The Notice of Hearing which sets out the allegations is available at: http://docs.iiroc.ca/DisplayDocument.aspx?DocumentID=6BF6351F516F4F14A3D599FEAC649EB3&Language=en
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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
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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