SPEAKER

Huston Loke CFA

Executive Vice-President of Market Conduct Regulation, Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario

Huston Loke is Executive Vice President of Market Conduct at the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA). FSRA supervises insurance companies, mortgage brokers, credit unions, pensions, and other non-securities areas of the financial services sector.

He previously served as Director of Corporate Finance at the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), where he oversaw securities-related matters for all Ontario-based public companies. In his role, he had statutory authority to receipt prospectuses and grant certain forms of exemptive relief.

Prior to his role at the OSC, Huston advised the CEO of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). Prior to his role at CMHC, Huston was President of the credit rating agency DBRS, which covered over 1,000 fixed income issuers in Canada, the US, and Europe. At various times over his career, he has supervised teams of fixedincome analysts in Toronto, New York, Chicago, London, and Paris.

He was also formerly a member of the nonbank financial intermediation committee of the Financial Stability Board, holds a Master of Business Administration (Finance and Accounting) and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Huston is currently Chair of the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators (CCIR), a national organization that includes all the provincial and territorial regulators, along with the Federal Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. Together, they work to enhance fair treatment of consumers while ensuring an efficient and effective regulatory framework for the insurance sector.

Moderator

Wade is the President of Baldwin & Associates Financial Services Ltd. in Calgary. He is the current chair of Advocis’ Legal and Regulatory Policy Committee. He also sits on Advocis’ Government Relations Committee as Alberta PAC co-chair and on the Institute’s Conduct and discipline committee. Wade is Past Chair of the TFAAC Board serving as the National Chair in 2016-2017.

Wade has held various positions with Advocis including President of the Calgary Chapter in 2007, Chapter Leadership Council from 2007-2011 and the TFAAC Board from 2011-2018.