What can I find on SEDAR+?
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It’s been nearly three years since SEDAR+ launched, but despite the platform entering the toddler years, many Canadian investors are still unfamiliar with the platform and what it provides.
NSSC Blog: Before You Invest
Regulatory Review: February – April
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Our latest regulatory review looks at all regulatory releases and notices issued by the Nova Scotia Securities Commission and the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) since February.
Nova Scotia Capital Markets 2026 Review
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Nova Scotia Capital Markets 2026 (NSCM2026) was held in the Compass Room of Casino Nova Scota on Thursday, April 23. This bi-annual event delivers insightful discussions on the latest trends, challenges and developments within Nova Scotia capital markets that are of interest to issuers, investors, market participants, academics, professionals and regulators.
How can I invest for my teen? Informal Trust Accounts.
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Nova Scotia Securities Commission (NSSC) staff have been delivering presentations to several local high schools recently. Students attending these presentations are usually between 15 and 18 years of age, which means that they’re under the age of majority in Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Capital Markets 2026: Meet your moderators
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We’re just over a week away from Nova Scotia Capital Markets 2026! Last week we reviewed the exciting panels and panelists we have lined up. This week we’re introducing you to the moderators that will oversee our panels and help our panelists dig down to the real meat of the topics being explored. Here are the moderators of our panel and their backgrounds.
Nova Scotia Capital Markets 2026: Panels Preview
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Nova Scotia Capital Markets 2026 is coming up later this month. In case you missed it in 2024, Nova Scotia Capital Markets is a bi-annual conference hosted and organized by the Nova Scotia Securities Commission that delivers insightful presentations and discussions on the latest trends, challenges, and developments within Nova Scotia capital markets. The panel discussions will be of interest to issuers, investors, market participants, academics, professionals, and regulators.
Our three featured panels this year include:
Don’t be fooled by fraudsters
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Fraud Prevention Month may have just ended, but protecting yourself from investment fraud should be a year-round focus. Fraudsters and scam artists are constantly looking for investors with money to steal every day. On today, the most foolish of all days, don’t let a fraudster fool you into handing over your hard-earned-money to an investment scam.
Investor Alerts & Cautions review: January – March
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The principal mandate of the Nova Scotia Securities Commission (NSSC) is to protect Nova Scotia investors. One of the ways we do that is by issuing investor alerts and cautions. You can find all the alerts and cautions we’ve issued for the last nine years on our Investor Alert Database.
Fraud Prevention Resources
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Throughout Fraud Prevention Month we’ve been sharing blog posts, videos, reels, and other online content to educate investors about investment fraud to help them identify it and avoid it. To help Nova Scotians find and connect with fraud prevention resources this post collects links to and descriptions of several of those resources in one place.
Top 3 investment frauds to watch out for 2026
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According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, Canadians lost a reported $275 million to investment fraud in the first three-quarters of 2025. In Nova Scotia the reported losses to investment fraud were just over $2.5 million.