MONTREAL – As Canadians increasingly encounter investment information and opportunities online, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is marking Investor Education Month by encouraging investors to stay focused on long-term goals, critically assess and verify information they see online, and take steps to protect themselves from investment fraud.

MONTRÉAL AND TORONTO – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published for comment proposed National Instrument 26-101 Information Technology System Integrity, which would establish a single framework for the information technology (IT) systems of market infrastructure entities.

(Toronto) – The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published for comment proposed amendments that would provide harmonized exemptions from certain repurchase transactions requirements for reporting issuer investment funds. The proposed amendments are intended to facilitate access to the Bank of Canada’s Contingent Term Repo Facility (CTRF), as well as any future repurchase facilities provided by the Bank of Canada for liquidity management purposes. The proposed amendments would codify the temporary exemptive relief provided by Coordinated Blanket Order 81-930 Exemptions from Certain Repurchase Transactions Requirements for Investment Funds.

Vancouver and Calgary – Members of the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) today published a report on the potential benefits and challenges involved in giving investors more control over the data they provide to investment firms.