1. 1 Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada Ontario Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals Continuing Education Seminar April 15, 2016 Ontario Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals Continuing Education Seminar April 15, 2016

2. Update  Insolvency Trends Total BIA volumes Commercial filings Consumer proposals Trustee licensing  Current OSB Priorities Regulatory initiatives Operations and compliance 2

3. BIA Volumes* 3 * Includes consumer, sole proprietor and corporate files. Source: Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada Closed files are defined in this graph by the LIT discharge date.

4. 4 BIA Volumes for Ontario* * Includes consumer, sole proprietor and corporate files. Source: Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada Closed files are defined in this graph by the LIT discharge date.

5. 5 BIA Corporate Volumes Source: Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada Closed files are defined in this graph by the LITdischarge date.

6. 6 BIA Corporate Volumes for Ontario* Source: Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada Closed files are defined in this graph by the LITdischarge date.

7. 7 Large Corporate Restructurings Source: Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada Large corporate restructurings: liabilities over $5 million

8. Consumer Proposals as a Percentage of Total Consumer Filings (2010-2015) 8 Source: Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada Consumer Proposal Volume 20112012201320142015 Canada45,00646,90349,45453,21158,203 East 11,98613,80917,53120,31122,878 Ontario 24,93124,14522,36121,87421,977 West 8,089 8,949 9,562 11,02613,348

9. Licensing Trends 9 2013/2014 2014/20152015/2016 * Preliminary board assessment only

10. Regulatory Initiatives – Trustee Designation and Advertising  Requirement to adopt Licensed Insolvency Trustee (LIT) effective April 1: All representations All consumer advertising Use of TIB to be discontinued by April 1, 2017  OSB public information and awareness on LIT – Fall 2016  OSB is pursuing misrepresentations / unauthorized use Non-trustee (consent required) Trustees  Compliance validation Year 1 Monitoring program or during LIT office visit 10

11. Regulatory Initiatives – Licensing Policy & Operations  OSB’s Trustee Licensing requirements Consultation on university degree requirement Review of good character requirement Streamlined licence extensions  Review of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CAIRP on CQP: Result of CAIRP’s current CQP review Validation of candidate experience / practical competency Review of experience / professional qualification policy trends  Consultation on Trustee Licence Web Portal (spring and fall 2016): Candidate Application Licence Renewal Administrative actions Online fee payment 11

12. Regulatory Initiatives – Banking Directive Revised Directive on Estate Funds and Banking in April/May 2016: Further to 2015 consultations, four areas of change:  Trust Transfer Account Enable / codify debit machines and electronic payments On request, single destination accounts to accept e-payments from OSB  Monthly Trust Account Reconciliations New provision for allowing for consolidated attestations  Estate Filing Fees Codify existing practice allowing payment from estate account or LIT corporate account  Administrative clean-ups 12

13. Regulatory Initiatives – Assessment Directive  Directive has been reviewed with a view to ensuring initial assessment remains integral to decision-making on BIA consumer insolvency filings  Under consideration: Clarification on LIT role and accountability in assessment process Employment and conflict of interest parameters for those who may assist with LIT assessment duties Education, experience and training requirements for non-LITs involved in assessment Record-keeping  Input received from CAIRP in summer 2015  OSB public consultation planned for spring / early summer 2016 13

14. Operations and Compliance In 2015, OSB adopted national approach to LIT compliance validation:  Ongoing monitoring program: Trust account balances and operations Final SRD sampling and review Aged estates Disclosure and reporting LIT Office Visits – approx. 25% per year  Goal is to achieve uniform program informed by annual monitoring results  Complaint Review / Investigation 2014-15: 938 formal complaints regarding stakeholders Of 434 complaints about LITs,131 were founded 14

15. Operations and Compliance (cont’d) Planned changes to LIT compliance program for 2016 cycle: Distribute and publish compliance program information via staff and website (early summer) OSB Management contact list for LIT enquiries Reduced information and review requirements where 2015 compliance results were consistently high (e.g., aged estates, SRD asset realizations) Best practice guidelines to allow LITs to minimize common OSB follow- ups on particular issues Streamlined communications of monitoring results 2016 annual priority: Designation and advertising compliance  Compliance program development Study of modified compliance monitoring program for firms with integrated structures / business process  Insolvency Name Search Modernized technology, review of charging policy 15

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