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Conflict of interest leads to one-year ban, plus fines for fund rep

By The IJ Staff | Jan. 20, 2020, 11:30 a.m.

A Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada hearing panel announced it has approved a settlement agreement, with sanctions, between MFDA staff and a former rep who admitted he engaged in personal financial dealings with an elderly client.

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