OSFI: In Conversation with Peter Routledge
Time & Location
Sep 11, 2026, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Hilton Toronto, Toronto, ON
About the event
On September 11, the Economic Club of Canada hosted “OSFI: In Conversation with Peter Routledge”, featuring a keynote address from Peter Routledge, Superintendent of Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), followed by a fireside chat with David Herle, Partner, Rubicon Strategy.
The conversation explored OSFI’s evolving risk appetite, with a focus on supporting sustainable economic growth and greater competitive intensity while maintaining financial system resilience as its primary responsibility. The discussion also covered regulatory modernization and efforts to reduce unnecessary regulatory burden. Speakers Peter Routledge, Superintendent, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)
David Herle, LL.B., Partner, Rubicon Strategy (Moderator)
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Key Takeaways
A shift in risk appetite is intended to support sustainable economic growth and greater competitive intensity while maintaining financial system resilience as OSFI’s primary responsibility.
Changes to capital and liquidity requirements are part of OSFI’s broader modernization approach.
A streamlined approvals framework is intended to ease the pathway for new entrants, alongside efforts to reduce unnecessary regulatory burden through the ROT initiative.
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Media Coverage
The era of blind pursuit of stability over growth in Canadian banking is finally ending The Globe and Mail | Sep 21, 2026 John Turley-Ewart