MFDA Hearing Panel issues Reasons for Decision in the matter of Hugh Smilestone

TORONTO, Aug. 8, 2013 /CNW/ - A Hearing Panel of the Atlantic Regional Council of the MDFA has issued its Reasons for Decision in connection with the settlement hearing held in Halifax, Nova Scotia on January 8, 2013 in the matter of Hugh Blair Smilestone.

A copy of the Hearing Panel's Reasons for Decision is available on the MFDA website at www.mfda.ca.

The MFDA is the self-regulatory organization for Canadian mutual fund dealers, regulating the operations, standards of practice and business conduct of its 115 Members and their approximately 80,000 Approved Persons with a mandate to protect investors and the public interest.

SOURCE: Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada