From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Commission fines companies $400,000

October 9, 2009

The Nova Scotia Securities Commission has approved a Settlement Agreement between its staff and Clarke Inc. and Geosam Investments Limited who admitted to failing to comply with Nova Scotia securities laws.
This follows an investigation by Commission staff, with the assistance of staff of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers.
In the settlement agreement, Clarke and Geosam admitted [...]

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New interactive investor tools available

October 9, 2009

In the recently released CSA Investor Index 2009, 41% of Nova Scotians reported that they were approached with a possibly fraudulent investment. One out of four said they were approached five or more times with a potential investment fraud.
With fraud attempts so prevalent, how can you work to protect yourself? To start, you want to [...]

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National investor study released – How does Nova Scotia compare?

October 5, 2009

The 2009 CSA Investor Index finds that while Canadians express optimism about their personal finances and confidence in their abilities as investors, most are not seeking information or advice about investing.
Canadians are much more likely to agree (48%) than to disagree (27%) that 2010 will be a good year for them financially. In addition, most [...]

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