It's not really optimism, while I will admit it is possible. However in the last 10yrs years in this business, I have never seen this level of RS auditor visits on the street as much as today. Trading systems throughout Canada have been mandated so far as to include specific fields to indicate insider clients. This has been at huge expense to investment firms, banks, boutiques, online etc. Litigations from pre BRE-x insider scandals are still bogging down the courts today, thus the enforcment to curb such action.

I know there is always a chance, but with these requirements in place we can feel a little better about any surprises.

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