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“AI and sustainability - cure or curse?”
While AI can help resolve data issues in sustainable investing, it can create problems such as information breaches and inherent bias in data.
Canada | Publication | March 18, 2021
The Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce was established in February 2020 and mandated to make recommendations to modernize Ontario’s capital markets regulation. An initial report was published in July 2020 for consultation and received significant feedback. A product of input from over 110 stakeholders, the taskforce released its final report on January 22, 2021.
In part 4 of this series, we cover recommendations to the securities law enforcement regime. These recommendations are designed to enhance investor protection and better position the OSC to take action against offenders.
The taskforce makes a number of recommendations to modernize its enforcement regime, including:
The taskforce recommends a number of enhancements to ensure the OSC is able to enforce securities laws, including:
The taskforce recommends enhancing the rights of those subject to OSC investigation or examination and ensuring proportionality by:
In Part 5 of this series we will discuss the taskforce’s recommendations to modernize how financial firms, capital markets intermediaries and other market participants operate.
The taskforce’s final report can be accessed here: https://www.ontario.ca/document/capital-markets-modernization-taskforce-final-report-january-2021
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While AI can help resolve data issues in sustainable investing, it can create problems such as information breaches and inherent bias in data.
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In this edition of Regulation Around the World we review recent steps that financial services regulatory authorities have taken as regards investment research.
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We have had a new pension tax regime since April 6, 2024. The underlying legislation is convoluted and almost impossible for a lay person to follow, so you would be forgiven for thinking there was a lot to study. At the very granular level that is true, and your scheme administrators will have a lot of detailed changes to make to systems. However if you zoom out a bit, in many ways life hasn’t changed. We’ve done the poring over densely amended tax legislation for you. Here are the highlights: five things to know and three things to do.
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