IFIC Makes Submission to CSA on Access-Based Model for Investment Fund Reporting Issuers
TORONTO, Dec. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) today made its submission to the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) on the Access-Based Model for Investment Fund Reporting Issuers consultation.
- TORONTO, Dec. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) today made its submission to the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) on the Access-Based Model for Investment Fund Reporting Issuers consultation.
- “IFIC commends and strongly supports the CSA’s efforts to create a more cost-efficient, timely and environmentally- friendly process for disclosing financial statements,” said Paul Bourque, President and CEO, IFIC.
- “Our comments focus on ways to further streamline this delivery process, which will both reduce the regulatory burden for firms and improve the investor experience.”
In its submission, IFIC recommended: that the CSA require issuing a single news release for all funds that file Designated Documents on the same day rather than the proposed separate news release for each fund; that disclosure about the Annual Documents Notices be included in the news release requirements applicable to the Designated Documents and that the CSA undertake a significant review of National Policy 11-201 Electronic Delivery of Documents and National Instrument 54-101 Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer to facilitate ease of electronic delivery.