SRO brings first case following compliance review targeting firms' use of online influencers
Online posts amounted to securities-related business, CIRO panel found
Proposals aim to codify investor protections, enhance flexibility
CIRO faces opposition on proposals covering managed accounts and temporary discretionary accounts
Stakeholders are concerned about cost, complexity and lack of imagination
MSC rules it's premature to hear an appeal until SRO case completed
Changes come in the wake of independent review of SRO's arbitration program
The panel found a rep's misconduct to be serious, but not fraudulent or deceitful
Canadian insurance regulators have not issued a similar warning
After partly overturning SRO's ruling, tribunal reduces fine, disgorgement orders