Overview

Laura Paglia is President and CEO of the Canadian Forum for Financial Markets in Toronto. Her current professional biography describes decades of experience advising participants across financial services and capital markets, including banks, insurers, underwriters, investment dealers, brokers, exempt market dealers, issuers and fund managers. She advises compliance officers, chief executives, ultimate designated persons, research analysts, investment bankers, traders, portfolio managers, investment advisers and boards on regulatory and business matters. She is a frequent speaker and writer on financial markets and securities regulation. Laura was called to the Ontario Bar in 1997 after completing her LLB at Osgoode Hall Law School in 1994, and later earned an LLM in 2014. The current judges page confirms her President and CEO role and person-specific portrait; the federal lobby registry confirms her continuing responsible-officer role for the organization, which changed its name from the Investment Industry Association of Canada to the Canadian Forum for Financial Markets.

Practice Areas

• Financial Services
• Capital Markets
• Securities Regulation
• Investment Management
• Compliance
• Corporate Governance

Bar Information

Called to the bar: 1997 (ON)