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MFDA Hearing Panel approves settlement agreement with Anastasios Terzis


TORONTO, Sept. 10, 2018 /CNW/ - A settlement hearing in the matter of Anastasios (Tom) Terzis (the "Respondent") was held today in Toronto, Ontario before a three-member Hearing Panel of the Central Regional Council of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada ("MFDA").

The Hearing Panel approved the settlement agreement dated July 30, 2018 ("Settlement Agreement") between Staff of the MFDA and the Respondent, as a consequence of which the following sanctions were imposed on the Respondent:

In the Settlement Agreement, the Respondent admitted that:

a)     

from 2013 to 2015, he engaged in securities related business which was not carried on for the account of the Member or conducted through its facilities by recommending, selling, facilitating the sale of, and/or making referrals in respect of exempt market investments to approximately 41 clients totaling approximately $4,748,000, contrary to the Member's policies and procedures, MFDA Rules 1.1.1, 2.1.1, 2.4.2, 2.5.1, and 1.1.2, and the requirements of sections 13.7 and 13.8 of National Instrument 31-103;

b)     

from 2013 to 2015, he engaged in outside activity which was not disclosed to and approved by the Member, by recommending, selling, facilitating the sale of, and/or making referrals in respect of the sale of exempt market investments to approximately 41 clients totaling approximately $4,748,000, contrary to the Member's policies and procedures, MFDA Rules 1.3, 2.1.1, 2.4.2, 2.5.1 and 1.1.2, and the requirements of sections 13.7 and 13.8 of National Instrument 31-103;

c)     

from 2013 to 2015, he referred clients to two individuals, as well as directly to the investment entities, to purchase investments outside the Member, and received approximately $334,880 in commissions or referral fees for doing so, thereby participating in unapproved referral arrangements to which the Member was not a party, contrary to the Member's policies and procedures, and MFDA Rules 2.1.1, 2.4.2, 2.5.1 and 1.1.2, and the requirements of sections 13.7 and 13.8 of National Instrument 31-103; and

d)    

from 2013 to March 18, 2016, when his registration was terminated, he misled the Member with respect to his knowledge of and involvement in undisclosed and unapproved outside activity, being referring clients to purchase securities outside the Member, contrary to MFDA Rule 2.1.1.

 

A copy of the Settlement Agreement is available on the MFDA website at www.mfda.ca. During the period described in the Settlement Agreement, the Respondent conducted business in Toronto, Ontario.

The MFDA is the self-regulatory organization for Canadian mutual fund dealers, regulating the operations, standards of practice and business conduct of its Members and their approximately 82,000 Approved Persons with a mandate to protect investors and the public interest. For more information about the MFDA's complaint and enforcement processes, as well as links to 'Check an Advisor' and other Investor Tools, visit the For Investors page on the MFDA website.

SOURCE Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada


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