Tagged: ocs

March 20, 2013 @ 5:16 pm By ITBusiness  |  

The debate over allowing equity-based crowdfunding is heating up in Canada’s largest province as the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is collecting letters from different groups either advocating for change or warning against it. This week, a group protecting investor rights weighed in on the issue… Read More

January 10, 2013 @ 8:17 am By Mondaq  |  

The Ontario Securities Commission has released a broad consultation paper, OSC Staff Consultation Paper 45-710 Considerations for New Capital Raising Prospectus Exemptions, which explores four “concept ideas” relating to new prospectus exemptions in Canada. This includes the OSC’s preliminary thoughts about crowdfunding. The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have been… Read More

December 15, 2012 @ 5:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

The below document was published by the Ontario Securities Commission yesterday which outlines “concept ideas for new capital raising prospectus exemptions in Ontario”.  This specifically addresses the concept of Crowdfunding for our Northern neighbors: While this paper discusses these concept ideas, no decision has been… Read More