Ontario Securities Commission appoints new director of enforcement
THE CANADIAN PRESS
January 23, 2009
Atkinson was the founding president and CEO of Market Regulation Services Inc., which handled market surveillance activities previously done by the Toronto Stock Exchange.
A lawyer by training, Atkinson was an assistant Crown attorney in Ontario from 1993 to 1996 before he moved to the TSX to handle its enforcement activities.
He succeeds Michael Watson, who left the OSC position in September to become advisor to the RCMP's Integrated Market Enforcement Taskforce.
The OSC is the largest of 13 provincial and territorial agencies that oversee Canada's
stock markets.