Enforcement Notice - Hearing - IN THE MATTER OF Laurentian Bank Securities Inc. - Settlement Hearing Français
MONTRÉAL, Feb. 9, 2017 /CNW/ - A hearing has been scheduled before a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), to consider whether the Hearing Panel should accept a Settlement Agreement entered into between IIROC staff and Laurentian Bank Securities Inc. (LBS).
The Agreement concerns allegations that LBS failed to take reasonable steps to ensure that three of its representatives are proficient (90-day training programme), and failed to establish and maintain a system that allows adequate supervision of the business activities of one of its representatives, by neglecting to ensure compliance with one of the conditions of registration imposed on said representative by the Approval Committee of the Québec District Council.
The hearing is not open to the public, unless and until the Settlement Agreement has been accepted by the Hearing Panel. If the Agreement is accepted, the Panel's decision and the Settlement Agreement 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 Date: |
March 29, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. |
Location: |
IIROC – Carmen Crépin Room |
5 Place Ville-Marie, suite 1550 |
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Montréal, Québec |
IIROC formally initiated the investigation into LBS's conduct in December 2012. LBS is an IIROC-regulated firm.
The Notice of Application announcing the settlement hearing is available at: http://docs.iiroc.ca/DisplayDocument.aspx?DocumentID=84F6C9E619254FCBBE4D18C1B9D07427&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: Claudyne Bienvenu, Vice-President, Québec, 514 878-2854, [email protected]; Media Contact: Karen Archer, Manager, Media Relations, 416 865-3046, [email protected]
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