Whistleblower – Advisor's Edge https://phoenix.advisor.ca The best news source for Canadian financial advisors. Investments, financial markets, insurance, practice management, tax and estate planning Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:47:31 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://phoenix.advisor.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/05/cropped-advisor-ico-32x32.png Whistleblower – Advisor's Edge https://phoenix.advisor.ca 32 32 Private firms must follow whistleblower rules too: SEC https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/industry-news/private-firms-must-follow-whistleblower-rules-too-sec/ Fri, 08 Sep 2023 17:47:31 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=230559 Company sanctioned for employee agreements that waived rights to whistleblower awards

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Whistleblower gets US$279 million for SEC tip https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/industry-news/whistleblower-gets-us279-million-for-sec-tip/ Fri, 05 May 2023 18:03:28 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=225228 Record-setting payout follows tip that caused regulator to widen ongoing investigation, prompted action from a second federal agency

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Don’t sit on whistleblower tips, SEC ruling shows https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/industry-news/dont-sit-on-whistleblower-tips-sec-ruling-shows/ Fri, 31 Mar 2023 19:50:52 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=223814 Tipster fails to sway regulator on divvying up reward

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OSC awards $481K to whistleblower https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/industry-news/osc-awards-481k-to-whistleblower/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:45:38 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=223136 The insider provided information the commission otherwise could not have obtained

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Wanted: More whistleblowers, bigger awards https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/industry-news/wanted-more-whistleblowers-bigger-awards/ Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:29:22 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=222682 OSC touts success of tip line, hopes to expand its reach

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SEC rewards one tipster, denies another https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/industry-news/sec-rewards-one-tipster-denies-another/ Fri, 13 Jan 2023 19:25:55 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=220737 Earlier tip didn't prompt investigation or enforcement action, regulator rules

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SEC discretion nets tipster US$37M award https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/industry-news/sec-discretion-nets-tipster-us37m-award/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:56:58 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=219750 Regulator set aside timing requirements and ordered award for anonymous tips

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Investor, insider tipsters awarded US$6 million https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/industry-news/investor-insider-tipsters-awarded-us6-million/ Fri, 15 Jul 2022 18:32:12 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=211822 Whistleblowers get US$3 million each in payouts for alerting SEC to suspected misconduct

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OSC rewards offshore whistleblowers https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/industry-news/osc-rewards-offshore-whistleblowers/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 17:29:58 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=206480 Tipsters were paid $240,000 for information that led the regulator to open an investigation

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SEC total enforcement activity down slightly in 2021 https://phoenix.advisor.ca/news/industry-news/sec-total-enforcement-activity-down-slightly-in-2021/ Fri, 19 Nov 2021 20:01:41 +0000 https://www.advisor.ca/?p=203050 The U.S. regulator reported a record year for whistleblowers

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