Enforcement Notice - Hearing - IN THE MATTER OF Christopher Rutledge - Settlement Hearing

TORONTO, Nov. 1, 2017 /CNW/ - A hearing has been scheduled before a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) to consider whether the panel should accept a Settlement Agreement entered into between IIROC staff and Christopher Rutledge.

The agreement concerns conduct involving a failure to fully and properly supervise individuals at his firm, and to ensure they identified, addressed, and disclosed potential or existing conflicts of interest.

The hearing is not open to the public, but will become open in the event that the panel accepts the agreement. If the agreement is accepted, the panel's decision and the Settlement Agreement will be made available at www.iiroc.ca.

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Hearing Date: November 2, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.

Location: IIROC, 121 King Street West, Suite 2000, Toronto, Ontario

IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Mr. Rutledge's conduct in October 2014. The violations occurred while he was Chief Compliance Officer and Supervisor at Jacob Securities Inc.  Mr. Rutledge is no longer a registrant with an IIROC-regulated firm.   

The Notice of Motion announcing the settlement hearing is available at: http://docs.iiroc.ca/DisplayDocument.aspx?DocumentID=045638F920F244DF8C6E95A4DE843BB4&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 debt and 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: Elsa Renzella, Vice-President, Enforcement, 416 943-5877, [e-mail]; Media Contact: Paul Howard, Director, Communications & Public Affairs, 416 646-7279, [e-mail]

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