Francesca Guolo at the Osgoode Certificate in Canadian Financial Services Regulation, Analysis and Decision-Making Program
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On February 3rd, Goodmans partner Francesca Guolo spoke at the Osgoode Certificate in Canadian Financial Services Regulation, Analysis and Decision-Making Program for the session, “ABCP Case Study: Financial Disruption and Regulatory Response”.
The panel provided an overview, the key issues and outcomes involving the Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Crisis (reading: Back from the Brink: Lessons from the Canadian Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Crisis), and the OSC sanctions case involving Coventree Inc., to set the stage for an open discussion on the topic of defining and achieving regulatory success, including weighing some of the relative advantages and disadvantages of the various approaches.
To learn more about the Osgoode Certificate in Canadian Financial Services Regulation, Analysis and Decision Making, click here.
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