Alert:
A nationwide postal strike or lockout may occur as early as November 3, 2024. Dealer Members must take steps to ensure that document delivery requirements prescribed under CIRO Rules continue to be met.
July 10, 2023 (Toronto, Ontario) – The Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (“MFDA”), now Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (“CIRO”), commenced a disciplinary proceeding in respect of Michael Bock (the “Respondent”) by Notice of Hearing dated November 18, 2022 (“Notice of Hearing”).
The interim appearance in this proceeding scheduled for July 10, 2023 has been cancelled.
As previously announced, the hearing of this matter on its merits will take place electronically by videoconference before a Hearing Panel of CIRO’s Alberta District Hearing Committee on July 26, 2023, commencing at 10:00 a.m. (Mountain) each day, or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard. The proceeding will be open to the public, except as may be required for the protection of confidential matters. Members of the public who would like to observe the electronic hearing should contact [email protected] to obtain particulars.
A copy of the Notice of Hearing is available on the MFDA website at www.mfda.ca. During the period described in the Notice of Hearing, the Respondent conducted business in the Calgary, Alberta area.
Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization is the national self-regulatory organization that oversees all investment dealers, mutual fund dealers and trading activity on Canada’s debt and equity marketplaces. CIRO is carrying on the regulatory functions of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada and the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada, and is committed to the protection of investors, providing efficient and consistent regulation, and building Canadians’ trust in financial regulation and the people managing their investments. For more information, visit www.ciro.ca.
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