BCSC releases 2017 Compliance Report Card
(firmenpresse) - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/28/17 -- The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) today released its 2017 Compliance Report Card. The annual report card summarizes the findings from the BCSC''s compliance reviews of B.C.-based portfolio managers, investment fund managers, and exempt market dealers over the last fiscal year.
"Our goal is to foster a culture of compliance with our market participants," said Mark Wang, Director of Capital Markets Regulation at the BCSC. "This report is intended to help compliance professionals improve their compliance programs by highlighting problem areas we saw."
At March 31, 2017, there were 116 firms directly registered with the BCSC. In its reviews, the BCSC found the following positive practices among firms with good cultures of compliance:
The report also noted that in the 26 compliance reviews conducted last year, 171 total compliance deficiencies were found, averaging 6.58 deficiencies per review. The top areas for deficiencies were:
The top deficiency areas represent approximately 59 per cent of all compliance deficiencies found.
"We will continue to focus our compliance reviews on these top deficiency areas for the year ahead," said Wang. "We recommend that CCOs review this report card, as well as ongoing guidance from CSA Staff Notices, to ensure their compliance programs meet regulatory requirements and to reduce the likelihood of adverse findings in a BCSC compliance review."
More detailed information can be found in the 2017 Annual Compliance Report Card, now available on the BCSC website.
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Datum: 28.06.2017 - 13:30 Uhr
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