October is Investor Education Month!

Submitted by nsscadmin on Tue, 10/01/2019 - 09:30

October is Investor Education month and we’re getting Back to Basics. We know investing can be challenging for everyone, no matter their financial background or experience. That’s why were starting from the beginning and going over the basics. Throughout October, three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, we’ll be posting a blog post and an animated short on a basic investing topic. That means the question of the week will be taking a short break, but don’t stop sending in your questions, because it will be back.

First up tomorrow is “What is investing?” You can find the entire Back to Basics schedule below in this post and the links will be updated each day, so make sure you check back often to get up to speed and, get back to basics.

October 2 – What is investing?
October 4 – Why should I invest?
October 7 – What is the Nova Scotia Securities Commission?
October 9 – Mutual funds
October 11 – Exchange-Traded Funds – ETFs
October 14 – Equities
October 16 – Bonds
October 18 – Alternative Investments
October 21 – Registration
October 23 – The Categories of Registration
October 25 – Checking Registration
October 28 - Robo-Advisers
October 30 – Finding an Adviser

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.