Event Details
The first public roundtable will consider regulatory burden and its impact, how to measure, set priorities and maximize the impact of burden reduction initiatives, and high-level themes important to burden reduction that emerged in the comment period. Remarks by the Ontario Minister of Finance, the Honourable Vic Fedeli will also be included.
Roundtable Video
Roundtable Transcript
Final Agenda
|
1:00 pm
|
Opening Remarks
Maureen Jensen, Chair and CEO, Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)
|
|
1:05 pm
|
Topic 1: Defining Burden: A discussion of regulatory burden and its impact
In this panel, key market participants and industry associations will share their knowledge and insight about regulatory burden in the capital markets. Panelists will identify themes as well as rules and processes they believe are unnecessary, outdated or unduly burdensome.
- Moderator: Mary Condon, Interim Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School
- Paul Bourque, President and CEO, Investment Funds Institute of Canada
- Randy Cass, CEO, Nest Wealth Asset Management Inc.
- Frank Laferriere, Chair, Private Capital Markets Association of Canada
- Ian Russell, President and CEO, Investment Industry Association of Canada
|
|
2:15 pm
|
Topic 2: Prioritizing our Efforts: Setting priorities for maximum impact
This panel will consider how to measure, set priorities and maximize the impact of burden reduction initiatives. Panelists will discuss techniques for analysis and measurement of burden, and how to obtain robust information on regulatory costs. This panel will also consider burden reduction in the context of its potential impact on retail investors and investor protection.
- Moderator: Tim Moseley, Vice-Chair, OSC
- Patricia Callon, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Sun Life Financial Canada
- Neil Gross, Chair, OSC Investor Advisory Panel
- Katie Walmsley, President, Portfolio Management Association of Canada
|
|
3:15 pm
|
Break
|
|
3:35 pm
|
Topic 3: What’s Next – the way forward
This panel will discuss the high-level themes important to burden reduction that emerged in the comment period and during the prior panels. Additionally, panelists will share where they feel the focus should be as we move forward.
- Moderator: Naizam Kanji, Special Advisor to the Chair, Regulatory Burden Reduction
- Debra Foubert, Director, Compliance and Registrant Regulation, OSC
- Andrew Kriegler, President and CEO, Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada
- Karen L. McGuinness, Senior Vice-President, Member Regulation – Compliance, Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada
|
|
4:25 pm
|
Closing Remarks
Ontario Minister of Finance, the Honourable Vic Fedeli
|
