VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 9, 2025 /CNW/ - On September 25, 2025, a hearing panel of the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) held a hearing pursuant to the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules and accepted a settlement agreement, with sanctions, between Enforcement Staff and Carlos (Ricardo) Gonzalez-Ticas.
Carlos Gonzalez-Ticas admitted that he failed to:
(a) take reasonable steps to learn and accurately record the essential facts relative to a client,
(b) take reasonable steps to understand investments that he recommended to a client, and
(c) determine that the investments he recommended to a client were suitable for the client.
Pursuant to the settlement agreement, Carlos Gonzalez-Ticas agreed to pay a fine of $20,000, a one-year prohibition from conducting securities-related business in any capacity while in the employ of or associated with any Dealer Member of CIRO and costs of $2,500.
The Settlement Agreement is available at:
Gonzalez-Ticas, Carlos – Settlement Agreement
The hearing panel's decision will be made available at www.ciro.ca.
At all material times, Carlos Gonzalez-Ticas conducted business as a Dealing Representative with Sun Life Financial Investment Services (Canada) Inc. in the Vancouver, British Columbia area. Carlos Gonzalez-Ticas is not currently registered in the securities industry in any capacity.
The Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) is the national self-regulatory organization that oversees all investment dealers, mutual fund dealers and trading activity on Canada's debt and equity marketplaces. CIRO is committed to the protection of investors, providing efficient and consistent regulation, and building Canadians' trust in financial regulation and the people managing their investments. For more information, visit www.ciro.ca.
All information about disciplinary proceedings relating to current and former member firms and individual registrants under the Investment Dealer and Partially Consolidated Rules (for investment dealers), the Mutual Fund Dealer Rules (for mutual fund dealers) and the Universal Market Integrity Rules (UMIR) is available on CIRO's website.
Background information regarding the qualifications and disciplinary history, if any, of advisors currently employed by CIRO-regulated investment firms is available free of charge through the AdvisorReport service. Information on how to make dealer, advisor or marketplace-related complaints is available by calling 1-877-442-4322.
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