Which national self-regulatory organization oversees the proficiency, business conduct of dealer firms and their registered employees in Canada and enforces market integrity on equity marketplaces?

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The question is testing your understanding of which national body directly regulates investment dealers and their registered staff, and enforces rules to keep equity markets fair. The correct organization is IIROC. It oversees investment dealer firms and their registered representatives across Canada, sets proficiency and conduct requirements, and monitors trading activity to ensure market integrity on equity marketplaces like the major stock exchanges.

It’s helpful to contrast the others: the MFDA regulates mutual fund dealers and their reps, not equity markets; the CSA is a coordinating umbrella of provincial regulators rather than a single national SRO; CIPF is an investor protection fund, not a regulator. So IIROC is the regulator that matches all parts of the question.