Guidance library
As the regulator for federally regulated financial institutions and private pension plans, we set expectations for operating within the Canadian financial industry.
For guidance on private pension plans, please see Administering pension plans.
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Date | Title | Sector | Publication type | Category |
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Earthquake Exposure Sound Practices - Letter (2013) |
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Letter | Prudential Limits and Restrictions | |
Earthquake Exposure Sound Practices - Guideline impact analysis statement (2013) |
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Guideline impact analysis statement | Prudential Limits and Restrictions | |
Earthquake Exposure Sound Practices - Guideline (2013) |
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Guideline | Prudential Limits and Restrictions | |
Business and Powers – Ownership Interests in Commodities |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
Revised Guidance for Companies that Determine Segregated Fund Guarantee Capital Requirements Using an Approved Model |
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Advisory | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Sound Reinsurance Practices and Procedures – Guideline (2010) |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
Guidance for Reinsurance Security Agreements – Letter (2010) |
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Letter | ||
Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) – Guideline impact analysis statement (2010) |
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Guideline impact analysis statement | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) for Deposit-Taking Institutions – Guideline (2010) |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) – Letter (2010) | Letter | |||
Reinsurance Trust Agreements | Letter | |||
Mortgage Insurance |
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Implementation note | ||
Role of the Independent Actuary |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
Stress Testing - Guideline impact analysis statement (2009) |
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Guideline impact analysis statement | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
Stress Testing – Guideline (2009) |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
Stress Testing - Letter (2009) | Letter | |||
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 | |
Outsourcing of Business Activities, Functions and Processes |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
Alternative Method for Life Insurance Companies that Determine the Segregated Fund Guarantee Capital Requirement Using Prescribed Factors |
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Advisory | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Recognition of Hedge Contracts in the Determination of the Segregated Fund Guarantee Capital Requirement for Life Insurance Companies |
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Advisory | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Undertaking for the sharing of information with insurers |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
Materiality Criteria for Related Party Transactions – Guideline impact analysis statement (2008) |
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Guideline impact analysis statement | Prudential Limits and Restrictions | |
Guide to Intervention for Federally Regulated Life Insurance Companies (Letter) |
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Letter | ||
Background Checks on Directors and Senior Management of FREs - Guideline impact analysis statement (2008) |
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Guideline impact analysis statement | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
Background Checks on Directors and Senior Management of FREs – Guideline (2008) |
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Guideline | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
Guide to Intervention for Federally Regulated Deposit-Taking Institutions (Letter) | Letter | |||
Background Checks on Directors and Senior Management of FREs - Letter (2008) |
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Letter | Sound Business and Financial Practices | |
Insurance in Canada of Risks |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
Oversight Expectations for TSA & AMA Institutions |
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Implementation note | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Data Maintenance at TSA & AMA Institutions |
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Implementation note | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Data Maintenance at IRB Institutions |
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Implementation note | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Collateral Management Principles for IRB Institutions |
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Implementation note | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Oversight Expectations for IRB Institutions |
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Implementation note | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
The Use of Ratings and Estimates of Default and Loss at IRB Institutions |
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Implementation note | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Risk Quantification at IRB Institutions |
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Implementation note | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Validating Risk Rating Systems at IRB Institutions |
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Implementation note | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Foreign DTI Subsidiary IRB Self-Assessment Instructions |
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Instructions | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
AIRB Self-Assessment Instructions |
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Instructions | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
OSFI’s Review of Reputation Risk Practices - Principles, Observations and Next Steps – Discussion paper (2005) |
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Discussion paper | ||
OSFI’s Review of Reputation Risk Practices - Principles, Observations and Next Steps – Letter (2005) |
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Letter | ||
Securitization – Large Exposure Issues Pertaining to Liquidity Support Facilities |
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Advisory | Prudential Limits and Restrictions | |
Large Exposure Limits - 2003 |
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Guideline | Prudential Limits and Restrictions | |
Pledging |
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Guideline | Prudential Limits and Restrictions | |
Guideline B-11 on Pledging |
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Letter | Prudential Limits and Restrictions | |
Capital Structure – Declaration and payment of dividends |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
Business and Powers - Commercial lending limit |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
Business and Powers – Information respecting a customer |
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Advisory | Regulatory and legislative | |
Use of Internal Models for Determining Required Capital for Segregated Fund Risks (LICAT) |
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Advisory | Capital Adequacy Requirements | |
Materiality Criteria for Related Party Transactions – Guidance note (2001) |
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Guidance note | ||
Materiality Criteria for Related Party Transactions – Letter (2001) |
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Letter |