Order

WHEREAS on November 25, 2019, the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (the “MFDA”) issued a Notice of Settlement Hearing pursuant to section 24.4 of By-law No. 1 in respect of Winston Castle (the “Respondent”);

AND WHEREAS the Respondent entered into a settlement agreement with Staff of the MFDA, dated November 28, 2019 (the “Settlement Agreement”), in which the Respondent agreed to a proposed settlement of matters for which the Respondent could be disciplined pursuant to ss. 20 and 24.1 of By-law No. 1;

AND WHEREAS the Hearing Panel is of the opinion that the Respondent:

1. between October 23, 2014 and October 2, 2015, the Respondent engaged in personal financial dealings with a client when he purchased foreign currency from a client in a manner that favoured his interests over those of the client, thereby giving rise to a conflict or potential conflict of interest, which the Respondent failed to disclose to the Member, or failed to address by the exercise of responsible business judgment influenced only by the best interests of the client, contrary to the Member’s policies and procedures, and MFDA Rule 2.1.4 and 2.1.1;
2. commencing June 20, 2016, the Respondent failed to comply with the Member’s policies and procedures pertaining to accounts where the Approved Person receives instructions from a third party appointed by a client as a Power of Attorney, contrary to MFDA Rules 2.5.1, 1.1.2, and 2.1.1; and
3. between January 2011 and October 2017, the Respondent altered and used to process transactions 95 account forms, by altering information on the account forms without having the client initial the alterations, contrary to MFDA Rule 2.1.1.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the Settlement Agreement is accepted, as a consequence of which:

1. the Respondent shall be prohibited from conducting securities related business in any capacity while in the employ of or associated with any MFDA Member for a period of 12 months from the date that this Settlement Agreement is accepted by a Hearing Panel, pursuant to section 24.1.1(e) of the MFDA By-law No.1;
2. the Respondent shall pay a fine in the amount of $20,000, pursuant to s. 24.1.1(b) of MFDA By-law No. 1, which shall be payable on the date this Settlement Agreement is accepted by a Hearing Panel;
3. the Respondent shall pay costs to the MFDA in the amount of $2,500, pursuant to s.24.2 of MFDA By-law No. 1 on the date that this Settlement Agreement is accepted by a Hearing Panel;
4. if the Respondent becomes registered again in the future, he shall comply with MFDA Rules 2.1.4, 2.1.1, 1.2, 2.5.1; and
5. if at any time a non-party to this proceeding, with the exception of the bodies set out in section 23 of MFDA By-law No. 1, requests production of or access to exhibits in this proceeding that contain personal information as defined by the MFDA Privacy Policy, then the MFDA Corporate Secretary shall not provide copies of or access to the requested exhibits to the non-party without first redacting from them any and all personal information, pursuant to Rules 1.8(2) and (5) of the MFDA Rules of Procedure.