Ontario regulators have given Dundee Securities Corp. permission to register two chief compliance officers, one for its institutional division, and one for retail.

The decision reported in Friday\u2019s OSC Bulletin grants the firm an exemption from the requirement, adopted as part of registration reform, to register a single individual as chief compliance officer; allowing it to register two CCOs, one for each operating division, instead.

Dundee notes that the divisions already have \u201ca well-established, separate and distinct supervisory structure\u201d; and that each division has its own compliance department and has its own CCO, who fulfill different mandates. And, it says that it is difficult for one person to do both jobs, \u201cGiven the size, diversity and increasing complexity of the [firm’s] retail division and the institutional division…\u201d

To meet the requirement, it would either have to restructure its supervisory and compliance structures, or split the two divisions into two separate registered firms.

\u201cEither option would be burdensome,\u201d Dundee notes, adding that, \u201cThere would be significant costs associated with the restructuring resulting from a loss of certain operational and technological efficiencies that currently exist as a result of operating as a single registrant.\u201d

As a result, the Ontario Securities Commission has granted it permission to maintain the current structure.

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