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Insights and resources

Explore our initiatives, submissions, research, and statistics—resources that provide insight, evidence, and practical solutions to help shape Canada’s investment industry and inform investors, market participants, and policymakers.

Submission

OBSI dispute-resolution practices

Published on: April 8, 2026
Topic: Dispute resolution
Provided in: EN

Addresses how OBSI’s dispute-resolution practices and stakeholder engagement can strengthen investor confidence in Canada’s investment industry.

Submission

Proposed oversight and refinements to the binding-authority framework for OBSI

Published on: September 29, 2025
Topic: Dispute resolution
Provided in: EN

The proposed framework will shape how investors and firms resolve disputes through OBSI, influencing fairness, consistency, and regulatory harmonization across Canada. 

News release

SIMA encourages Canadian regulators to adopt revisions to the OBSI binding-authority framework, emphasizing harmonization and fairness

Published on: September 29, 2025
Topic: Dispute resolution
Provided in: EN
Submission

Modernizing the CIRO arbitration program

Published on: February 7, 2025
Topic: Dispute resolution
Provided in: EN

Changes to the CIRO arbitration program affect how investors resolve disputes and how dealers manage fairness, costs, and regulatory processes.

Submission

Strengthening Canada’s dispute-resolution framework

Published on: March 1, 2024
Topic: Dispute resolution
Provided in: EN

This submission matters because the CSA’s proposed dispute-resolution framework will determine how investors and firms resolve complaints and how fair, consistent, and accessible the system will be across Canada.

News release

IFIC responds to CSA proposal to form regulatory framework related to independent dispute-resolution service

Published on: March 1, 2024
Topic: Dispute resolution
Provided in: EN
Submission

Submission – AMF – Complaint handling

Published on: February 17, 2023
Topic: Dispute resolution
Provided in: EN
News release

CFIQ Makes Submission to the AMF on Complaint Handling

Published on: February 17, 2023
Topic: Dispute resolution
Provided in: EN
Submission

Submission – OBSI governance review – Request for public comment

Published on: January 31, 2023
Topic: Dispute resolution
Provided in: EN
News release

IFIC Makes Submission to OBSI Independent Evaluator on Investment-Related Complaints

Published on: January 31, 2022
Topic: Dispute resolution
Provided in: EN
Submission

Submission – OBSI securities investment mandate stakeholder consultation

Published on: January 31, 2022
Topic: Dispute resolution
Provided in: EN
Submission

Submission – AMF – Rules on complaint handling

Published on: December 8, 2021
Topic: Dispute resolution
Provided in: EN

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