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MFDA bars advisor two years for falsifying client information

By The IJ Staff | Nov. 22, 2019, 11:03 a.m.

The Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada announced this week that it has sanctioned an advisor with a $20,000 fine and a two-year ban.

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