Canadian Securities Regulators release IIROC Oversight Review Report

Toronto – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today released the Oversight Review Report that focuses on certain functional areas and key processes of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC).

This coordinated review was conducted jointly by eight of the provincial securities regulators that recognize IIROC: the Alberta Securities Commission, the Autorité des marchés financiers, the British Columbia Securities Commission, the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan, the Financial and Consumer Services Commission of New Brunswick, the Manitoba Securities Commission, the Nova Scotia Securities Commission, and the Ontario Securities Commission. IIROC is also recognized by the Office of the Superintendent of Securities, Newfoundland and Labrador and the Office of the Superintendent of Securities Office P.E.I (Recognizing Regulators).

The Recognizing Regulators adopted a risk-based methodology for this review, assessing the overall risk of each functional area and/or key processes of IIROC. The objectives of the review were to:

  • assess whether IIROC was in compliance with the relevant terms and conditions of its recognition orders;
  • evaluate whether the identified regulatory processes were operating effectively; and
  • determine whether IIROC’s key regulatory processes were efficient, consistent and fairly applied.

Overall, the Recognizing Regulators were satisfied that IIROC met the relevant terms and conditions of the recognition orders in the areas covered during the review period.  Nevertheless, a number of regulatory process-related issues were noted in the review that IIROC must address, particularly in the Enforcement and Business Conduct Compliance departments. The CSA will continue to monitor IIROC’s progress in resolving these findings as part of its ongoing oversight activities.

The Oversight Review Report details the objectives, methodology, frame of reference, report format, scope, findings prioritization, overall assessment, and findings of the review, which covered the period from October 1, 2009 to December 31, 2013. The report also includes IIROC’s responses to the findings and the Recognizing Regulators’ evaluation of, and intended follow-up to, those responses.

The Oversight Review Report is available on the Recognizing Regulators’ websites.

The CSA, the council of the securities regulators of Canada’s provinces and territories, co-ordinates and harmonizes regulation for Canadian capital markets.

For more information:

Carolyn Shaw-Rimmington
Ontario Securities Commission
416-593-2361

Mark Dickey
Alberta Securities Commission
403-297-4481

Richard Gilhooley
British Columbia Securities Commission
604-899-6713

Sylvain Théberge
Autorité des marchés financiers
514-940-2176

Kevan Hannah
Manitoba Securities Commission
204-945-1513

Andrew Nicholson
Financial and Consumer Services
Commission, New Brunswick
506-658-3021

Tanya Wiltshire
Nova Scotia Securities Commission
902-424-8586

Janice Callbeck
Office of the Superintendent of
Securities, P.E.I.
902-368-6288

Don Boyles
Office of the Superintendent of
Securities, Newfoundland and
Labrador
709-729-4501

Rhonda Horte
Office of the Yukon Superintendent
of Securities
867-667-5466

Louis Arki
Nunavut Securities Office
867-975-6587

Gary MacDougall
Northwest Territories
Securities Office
867-920-3318

Shannon McMillan
Financial and Consumer Affairs
Authority of Saskatchewan
306-798-4160