November is Financial Literacy Month

Submitted by nsscadmin on Mon, 11/02/2020 - 08:07

November is Financial Literacy Month across Canada. Financial literacy organizations will be running campaigns and programs coast to coast throughout the month and the Nova Scotia Securities Commission has some fun things planned.

Our regular Question of the Week blog post continues on Wednesday’s throughout the month (except on November 11). Some of the topics we’ll be taking a close look at in November include leverage, reverse stock splits and the RRSP Home Buyers’ Plan.

Every Tuesday in November we’re bringing back our popular #TerminologyTuesday feature to our Twitter feed @NSSCommission You'll find a brief definition of a common investing term and you can follow a link back to our website for more information on the topic.

In the middle of the month we’ll be launching our latest investor education video to our YouTube Channel. Do you know how investments make money? You will once our new video launches on November 16. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to find out when we post new videos.

We’ll also be sharing a ton of investor education content on our social channels, Twitter and LinkedIn. You’ll find information on the warning signs of investment fraud, RESPs, time horizon, risk tolerance, registration, and more. Follow the hashtag #FLM2020 to find some great financial literacy content being shared this month.

Our Student Connections program will also be very busy throughout November. We’re unable to visit schools this year, but were making virtual visits in November and will be talking to students from Prince Andrew High School, Dartmouth High School, C.P. Allen High School, NSCC Ivany Campus and more. If you’d like information on how the Commission can talk to your class please contact us.

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.