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On April 14, 2010, the Government of Québec issued Order 294-2010 proclaiming the coming into force on May 1, 2010 of the new Real Estate Brokerage Ac...
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Copyright 2011, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Originally published in Blakes Bulletin on Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment, May 2011
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This is an opportunity for us to dip our feet in the insurance business," [Gerry Campbell] said. "We'll see how it turns out and maybe we will consider further developments.
Winnipeg Insurance Brokers has had a long-standing relationship with credit unions dating back to Decibel Credit Union, which merged with Vantis, which subsequently merged with ACU. Tony Rollo said it has appreciated its connection with credit unions and having ACU as its partner made sense. "Assiniboine Credit Union wanted to add another product line and we both believe this is a good fit," Rollo said.
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The Canadian securities administrators (the CSA) recently finalized National Instrument 23-102 Use of Client Brokerage Commissions, along with an acco...
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...C-46, s. 734(2). The accused used his brokerage business to defraud Canada Customs of $4.7 million...
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On October 6, 2009, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the "CSA") released the final version of National Instrument 23-102 – Use of Client Broker...
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In a few months, Chris Chornohos will become an Accredited Appraiser Canadian Institute (AACI). After four years of study, including a very detailed demonstration report, he is looking forward to reaping the rewards. After considerable research into what opportunities were available on the brokerage side and in property management, he concluded that appraisal was the most promising avenue. Following a friend's suggestion, he investigated the web sites for both the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Appraisal Institute of Canada (AIC). On the other side of the country, Gina Genge is also looking forward to expanding the scope of her career thanks to an AACI designation. Working in Ottawa's Regional Group of Companies, the Candidate member started her courses 18 months ago and i...
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[Robert Dzisiak] is the former president of Refco Canada and prior to that he was the CEO of Winnipeg-based CFG Financial Group Inc. futures trading company that had 60 brokers across Canada. It was acquired by Refco Canada in 2003. Dzisiak is a past chairman of the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange (WCE) where he was a director for about 10 years.
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The Canadian Securities Administrators released a staff notice today communicating their concern regarding firms that carry out brokerage activities r...
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On January 11, 2008, the Canadian securities administrators (the CSA) released for a second comment period proposed National Instrument 23-102 Use ...