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Jul. 25, 2018

Question of the week: What is an investment policy statement?

An Investment Policy Statement (IPS) is a signed agreement between a portfolio manager and their client that outlines general rules for the manager to follow. For many investors it...

Jul. 18, 2018

Question of the week: What is Know Your Product (KYP)?

Last week on Throw Back Thursday we reshared our old blog post on Know Your Client (KYC) suitability obligations for advisers. In the post it briefly mentions Know Your Product (KY...

Jul. 11, 2018

Question of the week: What is a management expense ratio (MER)?

Our last two blog posts have focused on investment fees, specifically embedded commissions and deferred sales charges (DSC). In both posts we mentioned management expense ratios (M...

Jul. 4, 2018

Question of the week: What is a Deferred Sales Charge (DSC)?

Following the CSA’s release of CSA Notice 81-330, last week we talked about embedded commissions. This week we’re going to expand upon one form of embedded commissions, Deferred Sa...

Question of the week: What is an investment policy statement?

Question of the week: What is Know Your Product (KYP)?

Question of the week: What is a management expense ratio (MER)?

Question of the week: What is a Deferred Sales Charge (DSC)?

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