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Canadian securities regulation and foreign blocking legislation

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  • Andrew Gray
  • Graeme Hamilton

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Knowing who benefits financially from a securities trade is necessary for the detection, prosecution and deterrence of illegal securities trading. Foreign jurisdictions with banking or securities secrecy laws are frequently used as a platform for illegal activity to frustrate law enforcement. This paper considers the extent to which Canadian law gives effect to so-called foreign blocking legislation. We conclude that while Canadian law does not generally give effect to foreign blocking legislation, it imposes only limited requirements on market intermediaries to collect beneficial ownership information. Regulators are therefore left with the option of obtaining assistance from their foreign counterparts.

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  • Andrew Gray & Graeme Hamilton, 2010. "Canadian securities regulation and foreign blocking legislation," International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 5(1/2), pages 87-97.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijbget:v:5:y:2010:i:1/2:p:87-97
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