VANCOUVER, Nov. 20, 2012 /CNW/ - Following a disciplinary hearing held on March 13, 2012 and September 10-13, 2012 in Vancouver, B.C., a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) found that Mr. Hoang failed to attend a second interview and give additional information in respect of an investigation being conducted by IIROC, contrary to Dealer Member Rule 19.5. Allegations that Mr. Hoang failed to comply with BC Interpretation Note 33-705 and that he failed to respond truthfully or completely to questions put to him at his initial interview with IIROC were dismissed by the Hearing Panel.

The panel's decision dated November 1, 2012 is available at:

http://docs.iiroc.ca/DisplayDocument.aspx?DocumentID=A6F11A2B849A487286F2E46C2B432328&Language=en.

A separate hearing will be held to determine the penalty to be imposed on Mr. Hoang. The date will be made available at www.iiroc.ca.

Documents related to ongoing IIROC enforcement proceedings - including Reasons and Decisions of Hearing Panels - are posted on the IIROC website as they become available. Click here to search and access all IIROC enforcement documents.

IIROC formally initiated the investigation into Mr. Hoang's conduct in July 2010. The allegations occurred when he was a Registered Representative with the Vancouver, B.C. branch of First Canada Capital Partners Inc. Mr. Hoang is no longer a registrant with an IIROC-regulated firm.

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IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada. Created in 2008 through the consolidation of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and Market Regulation Services Inc., IIROC sets high quality regulatory and investment industry standards, protects investors and strengthens market integrity while maintaining efficient and competitive capital markets.

IIROC carries out its regulatory responsibilities through setting and enforcing rules regarding the proficiency, business and financial conduct of dealer firms and their registered employees and through setting and enforcing market integrity rules regarding trading activity on Canadian equity marketplaces.

IIROC investigates possible misconduct by its member firms and/or individual registrants. It can bring disciplinary proceedings which may result in penalties including fines, suspensions, permanent bars, expulsion from membership, or termination of rights and privileges for individuals and firms.

All information about disciplinary proceedings relating to current and former member firms is available in the Enforcement section of the IIROC website. Background information regarding the qualifications and disciplinary history, if any, of advisors currently employed by IIROC-regulated firms is available free of charge through the IIROC AdvisorReport service. Information on how to make investment dealer, advisor or marketplace-related complaints is available by calling 1.877.442.4322.

SOURCE Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) - General News