Enforcement Notice - Hearing - IIROC to Hold Settlement Hearing for Calgary Investment Advisor John Manuel Reyes

CALGARY, Nov. 22, 2018 /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 John Manuel Reyes.

The agreement concerns allegations that Mr. Reyes failed to know two clients and did not ensure his investment recommendations were suitable for them. It is also alleged that Mr. Reyes engaged in conduct unbecoming when he used his own money to trade securities through a client's account.

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.

Hearing Date:	November 28, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.
Location:	Bow Valley Square Conference Centre (Bow 2, 3^rd Floor) – Hamilton Room 205 – 5^th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta

IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Mr. Reyes's conduct in June 2016. The conduct occurred while he was a Registered Representative with the Calgary branch of Richardson GMP Limited, and its predecessor, Macquarie Private Wealth Inc., both IIROC-regulated firms. Mr. Reyes is currently a Registered Representative at Richardson GMP Limited.

The Notice of Application announcing the settlement hearing is available at: http://www.iiroc.ca/Documents/2018/ac6e7c86-b2af-45ae-98aa-e3af0efa0cdf_en.pdf.

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.

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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

Enforcement Contact: Warren Funt, Vice President, Western Canada, 604 331-4750, [email protected]; Media Contact: Andrea Zviedris, Manager, Media Relations, 416 943-6906, [email protected]

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