A Saskatoon man is facing penalties from the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization which found that Bart Hunter failed in his obligations regarding the proper execution of client documents. The CIRO states he led the Hunter Financial Group, a financial team within Scotia Capital at its Saskatoon branch. He was the lead advisor for the group of three Investment Advisors and four associates.

Scotia Capital was told that the Hunter Group had been using pre-signed forms and about 3,000 were collected. The CIRO says Hunter has agreed to a suspension from acting in a registered capacity for three payments, a $70,000 fine, close supervision for ten months and rewriting the Conduct and Practices Handbook exam. He will also have to pay costs totaling about $5,000.