Enforcement Notice - Hearing - IN THE MATTER OF James Wood - Penalty Hearing

TORONTO, Jan. 18, 2017 /CNW/ - A penalty hearing has been scheduled before a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) in the matter of James Wood.

The Hearing Panel will consider the penalty to be imposed as a result of their decision dated December 6, 2016, which found that Mr. Wood acted contrary to IIROC Rules 1300.1(a) and 1300.1(q). Mr. Wood was found to have failed to use due diligence to learn and remain informed of the essential facts relative to a client and to ensure that the client qualified as an accredited investor, and to ensure that recommendations made for that client were suitable. 

The Hearing Panel's liability decision is available at:
http://docs.iiroc.ca/DisplayDocument.aspx?DocumentID=B429112FCEA240DF982E7DB305ED6A8C&Language=en

The penalty hearing is open to the public, unless the Hearing 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 Date:  Wednesday, March 8^th, 2017 at 10:00 a.m.

Location:  Delta Hotels Prince Edward, Brown Room, 18 Queen Street, Charlottetown, PEI

IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Mr. Wood's conduct in November 2014. The violations occurred while he was a Registered Representative with the Charlottetown, PEI branch of Citadel Securities Inc., an IIROC-regulated firm.   Mr. Wood 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

Enforcement Contact: Elsa Renzella, Vice-President, Enforcement, 416 943-5877, [email protected]; Media Contact: Karen Archer, Manager, Media Relations, 416 865-3046, [email protected]

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