On August 12, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment amendments to National Instrument 81-101 Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure(NI 81-101), Form 81-101F3 Contents of Fund Facts Document and Companion Policy 81-101CP Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure (the Proposed Amendments). The Proposed Amendments, together with consequential amendments, set out Stage 2 of the CSA's implementation of the point of sale disclosure framework published in 2008.
The Proposed Amendments will, among other things, require the delivery of the Fund Facts to investors within two days of their purchase of the fund, permit the delivery of the Fund Facts to satisfy the current prospectus delivery requirements under securities legislation and eliminate the current requirement to deliver the simplified prospectus (which will be required to be provided to investors upon request).
The Proposed Amendments are Stage 2 of a three-stage process. Stage 1 (completed on January 1, 2011 and discussed in our post October 28, 2010) required mutual funds subject to NI 81-101 to produce and file the Fund Facts and make it available on the mutual fund's or mutual fund manager's website. Stage 3 will consider point of sale delivery for other types of publicly offered investment funds. The comment period expires on November 10, 2011.
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