Guidance library
As the regulator for federally regulated financial institutions and private pension plans, we set expectations for operating within the Canadian financial industry.
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| Date | Title | Sector | Publication type | Category |
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| Stress Testing - Letter (2009) | Letter | |||
| Substantial Investments |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Substantial Investments - Appendix A.1 |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Substantial Investments - Appendix A.2 |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Substantial Investments - Appendix A.3 |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Substantial Investments - Appendix A.4 |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Substantial Investments - Appendix A.5 |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Substantial Investments - Appendix A.6 |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Substantial Investments - Appendix B.1 |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Substantial Investments - Appendix B.2 |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Substantial Investments - Appendix B.3 |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Substantial Investments - Appendix B.4 |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Substantial Investments - Appendix B.5 |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Substantial Investments - Appendix B.6 |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Supplementary Guidance for The Treatment Of Participating Insurance in Guideline A: Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test |
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Advisory | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Supplementary Information for Life Insurance Companies that Determine Segregated Fund Guarantee Capital Requirements Using an Approved Model – Revised Version |
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Advisory | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Technology and cyber incident reporting | Letter | Supervisory Advisories | ||
| Technology and Cyber Risk Management |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
| Technology and Cyber Security Incident Reporting |
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Advisory | Supervisory Advisories | |
| The Use of Ratings and Estimates of Default and Loss at IRB Institutions |
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Implementation note | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Third-Party Risk Management Guideline |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
| Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) Disclosure Requirements Guideline and Capital Disclosure Requirements Guideline – Letter (2018) |
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Letter | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) Disclosure Requirements Guideline and Capital Disclosure Requirements Guideline – Guideline impact analysis statement (2018) |
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Guideline impact analysis statement | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) Disclosure Requirements – Guideline (2018) |
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Guideline | Accounting and Disclosure | |
| Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) Guideline - Letter (2018) |
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Letter | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) Guideline - Guideline impact analysis statement (2018) |
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Guideline impact analysis statement | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) – Guideline (2018) |
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Guideline | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Transition from LIBOR |
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Letter | ||
| Undertaking for the sharing of information with insurers |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
| Unwinding of certain temporary exclusions in leverage ratio exposure measures |
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Letter | ||
| Unwind of temporary leverage ratio exclusions, effective April 2023 |
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Letter | ||
| Update on Basel III Implementation ahead of final rules release in January 2022 |
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Letter | ||
| Update on the Development of a New Approach for Determining Regulatory Capital Requirements for Segregated Fund Guarantee (SFG) Risk |
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Letter | ||
| Update to Instructions for Operational Risk Self-Assessment for TSA and AMA Institutions |
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Letter | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
| Update to LAR guideline review for wholesale funding sources with retail-like characteristics | Letter | Capital Adequacy Requirements | ||
| Updates to the Administrative Procedures for Late and Erroneous Filing Penalty Framework |
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Letter | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
| Use of Depositories by Insurance Companies |
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Bulletin | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
| Use of Internal Models for Determining Required Capital for Segregated Fund Risks (LICAT) |
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Advisory | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Use of the Standardized Approach for Operational Risk Capital by Category I SMSBs |
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Letter | ||
| Validating Risk Rating Systems at IRB Institutions |
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Implementation note | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
| Value-at-Risk (VaR) Models Validation and Approval of Model Modifications Capital Adequacy Requirements, Guideline A, Part II |
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Guidance note | Capital Adequacy Requirements |