CSA Notice on Best Execution (NI 21-101)
The CSA have approved amendments to NI 21-101 Marketplace Operation (NI 21-101) and and NI 23-101 Trading Rules (NI 23-101) to deal mostly with the best execution obligation of dealers and advisers.
The Amendments, now scheduled to come into force on September 12, 2008, were initially published for comment along with other proposed amendments on April 20, 2007 with the Joint Notice on Trade-Through, Best Execution and Access to Marketplaces (originally published in conjunction with RS, now IIROC. The CSA have now decided to separate these three topics and deal with each separately on separate timetables.
The current amendments deal with best execution along with some other minor changes, including changes related to the electronic audit trail provisions. Amendments dealing with trade-through protection and rules related to access to marketplaces are proposed to be dealt with under separate requests for comment in the coming months.
