On September 28, the securities regulatory authorities of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon adopted a final rule (National Instrument (NI) 93-101 Derivatives Business Conduct) to establish a regime for the regulation of business conduct of dealers and advisors operating in the over-the-counter derivatives markets. The rule takes effect on September 28, 2024, and the final rule can be found here.
In February 2024, ISDA published a representation letter and supplement to assist market participants in complying with the rule. In addition, ISDA published a foreign dealer notice to assist foreign derivatives dealers in notifying Canadian counterparties of the required information.
On February 19, 2025, ISDA published a revised representation letter to reflect changes provided for by the Canadian Securities Administrators’ (CSA) Coordinated Blanket Order 93-930, which provided temporary exemptions from certain requirements of the Business Conduct Rules.
In addition on February 19, 2025, ISDA published an annotated representation letter reflecting guidance from the CSA.
Click on the attachments to see the representation letter and foreign dealer notice (French and English versions below).
Documents (11) for ISDA Letter on Canadian Business Conduct Rules
- Foreign Dealer Notice re ISDA Canadian BCR Representation Letter 0224(docx) will open in a new tab or window
- Supplement to ISDA Canadian BCR Representation Letter (Feb 12 2024)(docx) will open in a new tab or window
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- Supplement-to-ISDA-Canadian-BCR-Representation-Letter-021224-fr(docx) will open in a new tab or window
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- ISDA-Canadian BCR Representation Letter-021925(docx) will open in a new tab or window
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- ISDA-Annotated Canadian BCR Representation Letter-021925(docx) will open in a new tab or window
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