Round Two of Canada's National Registration Reform Proposal: Impact on "International Dealers" registered in Ontario
Kenneth G. Ottenbreit, Ralph A. Hipsher and Terence W. Doherty | 
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On February 29, 2008, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published their revised proposals on National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements ("the Instrument"), relating to registration requirements for dealers, advisers and investment fund managers. The proposed registration reforms represent a major restructuring of the Canadian dealer, adviser and investment fund manager registration rules and have implications for non-Canadian dealers, advisers and investment fund managers doing business on a registered or exempt basis in any province or territory of Canada.
The Instrument is intended to create a streamlined and harmonized approach to the regulation of investment activities across Canada. Canada does not have a national or federal securities regulator; securities activities are regulated by Canada's thirteen provincial and territorial securities regulators (the CSA is their umbrella organization).
