Financial Institutions Year in Review 2011

December 7, 2011


In case you have missed any of the Financial Institutions Group bulletins, articles and presentations on leading developments in 2011 impacting financial institutions, we provide them below for your review and ease of reference. You may click on the titles below to view the publication or presentation.

Publications

December 1, 2011

New Legislation Impacting Financial Institutions
Financial Institutions Group Bulletin
            Robert W. McDowell
            Robert E. Elliott
            James Lisson
            Stephen B. Kerr
            Koker Christensen
            Sunny S. Sodhi
            Marvin Mikhail
            Caitlin E. Fell

 

November 23, 2011

Significant Proposed Changes to Canada's Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Legislation
Financial Institutions Group Bulletin
            A. Wojtek Baraniak
            Koker Christensen
            Caitlin E. Fell
            James Lisson

 

November 9, 2011

Recalibrating Risk Management - Risk Identification, Governance and Compensation in the (Post-) Financial Crisis World
Financial Institutions Group Bulletin (also published in Canadian Underwriter)
            Robert W. McDowell
            Koker Christensen

 

November 9, 2011

Ontario Court of Appeal Releases Decision Concerning Compliance with the Insurance Companies Act
Financial Institutions Group Bulletin
            Robert W. McDowell
            Scott M.J. Rollwagen
            Stephen B. Kerr
            Koker Christensen

 

September 2011

Insurance Linked Securities in Canada: Key Principles for a Canadian Regulatory Regime
Published in MSA/Baron Outlook Report Q2-2011
            Robert W. McDowell
            Koker Christensen

 

August 2011

OSFI's Final Advisory On Non-Viability Contingent Capital
Financial Institutions Group Bulletin
            James Lisson
            Koker Christensen
            Robert W. McDowell
            Stephen B. Kerr

 

August 12, 2011

Extended Warranties and Insurance, What is Insurance? A Healthy Dose of Common Sense from the Alberta Court of Appeal
Financial Institutions Group Bulletin
            Robert W. McDowell
            Scott M.J. Rollwagen
            Sylvie Bourdeau
            Stephen B. Kerr
            Koker Christensen
            Marvin Mikhail

 

July 18, 2011

Bill 24's Amendments to the Consumer Protection Act: Significant Impacts for Concerned Financial Institutions
Financial Institutions Group Bulletin
            Sylvie Bourdeau

 

March 1, 2011

OSFI Finalizes Reinsurance Guidance
Financial Institutions Group Bulletin
            Koker Christensen

 

February 28, 2011

Basel III - Implications and OSFI Guidance
Financial Institutions Group Bulletin (also published in National Banking Law Review - June 2011)
            James Lisson
            Stephen B. Kerr
            Robert W. McDowell

Presentations

November 22, 2011

Recent Legal and Regulatory Developments
Ethidex Bank and Trust Clients Presentation
            Robert McDowell
            Koker Christensen
            Marvin Mikhail
            Alex Cameron

 

September 26, 2011

Modernization of the Regulatory Regime - Where Do We Go From Here?
National Insurance Conference of Canada
            Robert W. McDowell

 

June 1-3, 2011

Governance and Risk Management
10th Annual Property and Casualty Insurance Industry Forum, Northwind Professional Institute, Langdon Hall
            Robert W. McDowell

 

March 22, 2011

Federal Credit Unions: Strategic Considerations for Provincial Credit Unions
Credit Union Central Canada
            Robert W. McDowell
            Koker Christensen
             

February 9, 2011

Seminar on Financial Institutions and Services
Fasken Martineau Institute
            Alexandre Abecassis Eng.
            Antoine Aylwin
            Sylvie Bourdeau
            Koker Christensen
            André Durocher
            Nicolas Faucher
            James Lisson 
            Daniel Picotte