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Julie Dickson indicated Tuesday that she will not seek another term as Superintendent of Canada’s top banking regulator.

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Ms. Dickson was appointed in July of 2007 for a seven-year term atop the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. She will not seen another appointment when that term ends on July 4, 2014, an OSFI spokesman confirmed.

“Serving one term as superintendent is common,” Brock Kruger said by email.

Ms. Dickson, whose agency is widely credited with helping Canadian banks weather the financial crisis better than financial institutions in other countries, has already served longer than her predecessor Nick Le Pan. Mr. Le Pan was Superintendent of Financial Institutions for five years between late 2001 and October of 2006.