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Tone from the middle (not top) drives compliance

Tone from the top is a catchy phrase, but Client Focused Reform, FSRA’s focus on advisor compliance and OSFI’s focus on conduct risk underline that ultimately compliant behaviour is driven by the individual. To truly shape a compliance culture you need to know your advisor, your staff and your manager’s data to guide them to…

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New IIROC/MFDA should be seen as an opportunity

As IIROC and MFDA focus on the merger of their two organizations, I believe this is the time to re-think how supervision is conducted. There is a need to move away from treating regulatory administration (registration, proficiency management and other registered and non-registered compliance activities) as a task to be fulfilled and instead move towards…

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Launch of VCSOpen+ (Insurance)

VigilantCS is pleased to announce the launch of VCSOpen+ (Life and Health Insurance) Staff Compliance Platform, which will complement our existing VCSOpen+ (Securities) compliance platform. As a significant number of MFDA and IIROC securities advisors are also insurance licensed it will be critical that supervisors have access to an advisor’s complete regulatory file; whether insurance…

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VigilantCS article for NCFA: Digitized staff compliance platforms are essential

The National Crowdfunding Association (NCFA) has published a new article by VigilantCS CEO and co-founder Robert Kirwin, declaring that a digitized staff compliance platform is absolutely essential for financial services firms. Appearing in the July online edition of NCFA Blockchain Fintech CONFIDENTIAL—“A Digitized Staff Compliance Program is a Must-Have”—is easily accessible at: https://bit.ly/2MbEHeL. It is…

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