The Reporter provides a monthly summary of Canadian federal legislative and regulatory developments of relevance to federally regulated financial institutions. It does not address Canadian provincial financial services legislative and regulatory developments, although this information is tracked by BLG and can be provided on request. In addition, purely technical and administrative changes (such as changes to reporting forms) are not covered.
May 2014
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Institution |
Published |
Title and Brief Summary |
Status |
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OSFI [Applicable to banks, cooperative retail associations, trust and loan companies] |
Liquidity Adequacy Requirements (LAR) Guideline The final version of the Liquidity AdequacyRequirements (LAR) Guideline transposes liquidity-related requirements issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) into OSFI guidance. |
January 1, 2015 |
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OSFI [Applicable to banks] |
Draft Guideline E-20 - CDOR Benchmark-Setting Submissions The draft Guideline outlines OSFI's expectations for the governance and internal controls surrounding the rate submission processes within Canadian banks that are involved in setting the Canadian Dealer Offered Rate (CDOR) benchmark rate. |
To provide comments by July 11, 2014 |
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OSFI [Applicable to banks, cooperative retail and credit
associations, |
Changes to the Membership of the Board or Senior Management The purpose of this Advisory is to outline the process for
informing the Office of the |
Effective |
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OSFI [Applicable to banks, cooperative retail and credit associations, trust and loan companies, and insurance companies] |
External Audit Quality Initiatives Recent international and domestic initiatives have been undertaken with a view to strengthening external audit quality. OSFI is of the view that three of these initiatives provide best practices and will be of assistance to audit committees in discharging their responsibilities. |
Should be applied accordingly by fiscal year-end 2014 |
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