Six funds now available to advisors and their clients
Proposals would make alternative investments more accessible
Amendments to NI 81-102 that are likely to be adopted this year would provide advisors with an intriguing new category of products to offer clients
Dan Richards, CEO, Client Insights and Rebecca Cowdery, partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, discuss the Canadian Securities Administrators' proposal to make alternative funds available to retail investors, with heightened restrictions. Comments close Dec. 21.
The modernized rules would introduce investment restrictions, including concentration limits, liquidity requirements, and borrowing restrictions
CSA provides update on the regulation of alternative investment funds
These funds tend to be less correlated to the broader market