IMF Staff Country Reports

Canada: Financial Sector Assessment Program-IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation-Detailed Assessment of Implementation

March 7, 2014

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International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department "Canada: Financial Sector Assessment Program-IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation-Detailed Assessment of Implementation", IMF Staff Country Reports 2014, 073 (2014), accessed 12/8/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475523850.002

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Summary

This paper presents an assessment IMF report on implementation of the International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) principles in Canada. It highlights that developing an integrated and robust view of risks to support supervisory actions remains a key challenge. The IMF report suggests that the securities regulators should continue to take steps to ensure timely decision making in policy formulation. However, the current governance arrangements, based on a consensus building approach across several entities, is expected to affect timeliness of decision making.

Subject: Auditing, Financial institutions, Financial regulation and supervision, Financial statements, Mutual funds, Public financial management (PFM), Securities, Securities regulation

Keywords: Auditing, business plan, capital issue, commercial paper, CR, derivative instrument, financial market, Financial statements, Global, holding company, ISCR, Mutual funds, Securities, Securities regulation, securities regulator, terms and conditions