Enforcement Notice - IN THE MATTER OF John Winston Lang - Settlement Hearing
VANCOUVER, May 21, 2013 /CNW/ - A hearing has been scheduled before a
Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of
Canada (IIROC), to consider whether the Hearing Panel should accept a
Settlement Agreement entered into between IIROC staff and John Winston
Lang.
The Agreement concerns an allegation that Mr. Lang failed to adequately
supervise Registered Representative Marco Myatovic.
The hearing is not open to the public, but will become open in the event
that the Panel accepts the Agreement. If the agreement is accepted, the
Panel's decision and the Settlement Agreement will be made available at
www.iiroc.ca.
Documents related to ongoing IIROC enforcement proceedings - including
Reasons and Decisions of Hearing Panels - are posted on the IIROC
website as they become available. Click here to search and access all IIROC enforcement documents.
Hearing Date:Â Tuesday May 28, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
Location:Â Â Reportex Agencies
  1010-925 West Georgia St., Conference Room
  Vancouver, B.C.
IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Mr. Lang's conduct in
May 2010. The conduct occurred when he was a Branch Manager with the
Prince George branch of Canaccord Genuity Corp., an IIROC-regulated
firm. Mr. Lang is currently a Registered Representative with the Prince
George branch of Wolverton Securities Ltd, an IIROC-regulated firm.
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IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all
investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces
in Canada. Created in 2008 through the consolidation of the Investment
Dealers Association of Canada and Market Regulation Services Inc.,
IIROC sets high quality regulatory and investment industry standards,
protects investors and strengthens market integrity while maintaining
efficient and competitive capital markets.
IIROC carries out its regulatory responsibilities through setting and
enforcing rules regarding the proficiency, business and financial
conduct of dealer firms and their registered employees and through
setting and enforcing market integrity rules regarding trading activity
on Canadian equity marketplaces.
IIROC investigates possible misconduct by its member firms and/or
individual registrants. It can bring disciplinary proceedings which may
result in penalties including fines, suspensions, permanent bars,
expulsion from membership, or termination of rights and privileges for
individuals and firms.
All information about disciplinary proceedings relating to current and
former member firms is available in the Enforcement section of the IIROC website. Background information regarding the
qualifications and disciplinary history, if any, of advisors currently
employed by IIROC-regulated firms is available free of charge through
the IIROC AdvisorReport service. Information on how to make investment dealer, advisor or
marketplace-related complaints is available by calling 1.877.442.4322.
SOURCE: Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) - General News
For further information: Enforcement Contact:
Warren Funt
Vice President - Western Canada
604 331-4750
wfunt@iiroc.caÂ
Media Contact:
Karen Archer
Senior Media and Public Affairs Specialist
416 865-3046
karcher@iiroc.ca