Canada’s market regulator plans to introduce new rules from next year that will set a framework around direct access to stock markets, as part of a raft of recent measures designed to mitigate the risks of electronic trading.

The introduction of the new rules is scheduled for March 2014, according to a statement from the Canadian Securities Administrators ̶ the council of the securities regulators of Canada's provinces and territories ̶ and is the latest step by the organisation to safeguard its market against the risks associated with modern market structures.