NSSC Blog: Before You Invest

Happy Holidays from NSSC!

Submitted by nsscadmin on Wed, 12/29/2021 - 09:00

There will be no Before You Invest blog post this week as we take a short break for the holidays.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year everyone!

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Question of the Week: What Client Focused Reforms (CFRs) are coming into effect Dec 31, 2021?

Submitted by nsscadmin on Wed, 12/22/2021 - 09:00

On December 31^st the remainingClient Focused Reforms (CFRs) will come into effect. Here’s a brief rundown and what this means for clients and registrants.

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Question of the Week: What is an ex-dividend date?

Submitted by nsscadmin on Wed, 12/15/2021 - 09:00

If you invest in stocks that pay a dividend it is important to know about the ex-dividend date.

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Question of the Week: What is systematic risk?

Submitted by nsscadmin on Wed, 12/08/2021 - 09:00

Last week we discussed systemic risk. This week we continue our look at different types of risk by looking at systematic risk.

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Question of the Week: What is systemic risk?

Submitted by nsscadmin on Wed, 12/01/2021 - 09:00

Today we’re starting a short two-part blog series that looks at two different types of risk. They are systemic risk and systematic risk. In part one we’ll focus on systemic risk.

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Question of the Week: What is the difference between a hedged and unhedged ETF?

Submitted by nsscadmin on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 09:00

This question came from an investor that was interested in investing in an ETF, but didn’t know whether to go with hedged or unhedged because they didn’t know the difference between the two

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Question of the Week: How do you calculate return on investment (ROI)?

Submitted by nsscadmin on Wed, 11/17/2021 - 09:00

If you’re investing you usually want to know how well, or maybe how bad, your investments are doing. One of the easiest ways to do this is to calculate the return on investment (ROI).

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Question of the Week: What is a temporary hold?

Submitted by nsscadmin on Wed, 11/10/2021 - 09:00

Earlier this year the Canadian Securities Administrators and its members

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Question of the Week: What is a trusted contact person?

Submitted by nsscadmin on Wed, 11/03/2021 - 09:00

Earlier this year the Canadian Securities Administrators and its members

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November is Financial Literacy Month

Submitted by nsscadmin on Mon, 11/01/2021 - 09:00

Welcome to Financial Literacy Month. Here’s what the Nova Scotia Securities Commission has planned to help educate investors throughout the month.

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Failure to file annual financial statements.
Failure to file interim financial statements.
Failure to file an annual or interim management’s discussion and analysis (MD&A) or an annual or interim management report of fund performance (MRFP).
Failure to file an Annual Information Form (AIF).
Failure to file a certification of annual or interim filings required by Multilateral Instrument 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings (MI 52-109).
Failure to file required proxy materials or a required information circular.
Failure to file an issuer profile supplement on the System for Electronic Disclosure by Insiders (SEDI).
Failure to file a material change report.
Failure to provide a written update after filing a confidential report of a material change.
Failure to file a business acquisition report.
Failure to file annual oil and gas disclosure prescribed by National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure of Oil and Gas Activities (NI 51-101) or technical reports for a mineral project required under NI 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (NI 43-101).
Failure to file a mandatory news release.
Failure to file corporate governance disclosure as required by national Instrument 58-101 Disclosure of Corporate Governance Practices (NI 58-101).
Failure to file audit committee disclosure as required by Multilateral Instrument 52-110 Audit Committees (MI 52-110) or BC Instrument 52-509 Audit Committees.
Failure to include disclosure in an issuer’s MD&A relating to disclosure controls and procedures and their direct effectiveness that is referred to in a certificate filed under MI 52-109.
Financial statements of the reporting issuer, or the auditors’ report accompanying the financial statements, do not comply with the requirements of NI 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations (NI 51-102), National Instrument 81-106 Investment Fund Continuous Disclosure (NI 81-106) or National Instrument 52-107 Acceptable Accounting Principles, Auditing Standards and Reporting Currency (NI 52-107).
The reporting issuer has acknowledged that its financial statements, or the auditors’ report accompanying the financial statements, may no longer be relied upon.
The reporting issuer’s AIF, MD&A, MRFP, information circular, or business acquisition reports do not contain information for each of the content items required by NI 51-102 or NI 81-106.
The reporting issuer’s technical disclosure or other reports do not comply with the disclosure requirements of NI 43-101 or 51-101.
Failure to pay a fee required by the Act or the regulations.
Failure to comply with any other requirement related to continuous disclosure.