201553
IN THE MATTER OF A DISCIPLINARY HEARING PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 20 AND 24 OF BY-LAW NO. 1 OF THE MUTUAL FUND DEALERS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
Mervin Evans Visneskie
NOTICE is hereby given that a first appearance will take place by teleconference before a hearing panel of the Central Regional Council (the “Hearing Panel”) of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (the “MFDA”) in the hearing room at the offices of the MFDA, located at 121 King Street West, Suite 1000, Toronto, Ontario on April 13, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern), or as soon thereafter as the hearing can be held, concerning a disciplinary proceeding commenced by the MFDA against Mervin Evans Visneskie (the “Respondent”).
DATED: Jan 18, 2016
"Sarah Rickard"
Sarah Rickard
Director of Regional Councils
Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada
121 King St. West, Suite 1000
Toronto, ON M5H 3T9
Telephone: 416-945-5143
Fax: 416-361-9781
E-mail: corporatesecretary@mfda.ca
NOTICE is further given that the MFDA alleges the following violations of the By-laws, Rules or Policies of the MFDA:
Allegation #1: Commencing in 2002[1], the Respondent engaged in personal financial dealings with eight (8) clients by requesting and accepting a total of approximately $764,300 from the clients, which he failed to repay in full or otherwise account for, thereby placing his own interests ahead of the clients’ interests and creating a conflict or potential conflict of interest which the Respondent failed to address by the exercise of responsible business judgment influenced only by the best interests of the clients, contrary to MFDA Rules 2.1.4 and Rule 2.1.1.
Allegation #2:Between 2002 and 2013, the Respondent misled the Members with whom he was registered with respect to his personal financial dealings with eight (8) clients, thereby interfering with the Member’s ability to conduct a reasonable supervisory investigation of the Respondent’s activities and failing to observe high standards of ethics and conduct in the transaction of business, contrary to MFDA Rule 2.1.1.
[1] The Respondent did not become subject to the jurisdiction of the MFDA until May 15, 2002 when his then-Member, Cartier Partners Financial Services Inc. (“Cartier”) became a Member of the MFDA. As described in this Notice of Hearing, some of the Respondent’s personal financial dealings with clients began prior to May 15, 2002 but it continued thereafter when the MFDA had jurisdiction over his conduct.