…Do they offer advice? Fees Full-service investment firm Yes Commission-based account – commissions typically range between $75 and $100 each time you buy or sell. Fee-based account – you pay…
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Commission-free trading
…number or types of trades. It is important that you understand what commission-free trading might involve before you invest. 3 considerations for commission-free trading While commission-free trading has its benefits,…
What is total cost reporting and how will it work?
…each fund you own. Trailing commissions Investment funds pay investment fund companies a fee for managing their funds. Investment fund companies pay us ongoing trailing commissions for the services and…
Debra Foubert and Chantal Mainville, OSC Staff
…and their associated upfront commissions, and to eliminate the payment of trailing commissions to discount brokers. Further, through the Client Focused Reforms, the conflict of interest rules will be used…
Mutual fund fees
…does well. 2. Trailing commissions Most mutual fund companies pay a trailing commission (or trailer fee) each year to your advisor’s firm. They pay this commission for as long as…
Meet Jean-Paul Bureaud, Director, Office of Domestic and International Affairs
…Originally published: May 12, 2017 Jean-Paul Bureaud is the Director at the Office of Domestic and International Affairs at the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). The Investor Office recently sat down…
Meet Jean-Paul Bureaud, Director, Office of Domestic and International Affairs
…also learn from our regulatory partners. For example, the Commission is able to benefit from the work done in the UK or Australia on embedded commissions and compensation practices and…
Meet Jim Sinclair, OSC General Counsel
…Counsel and the General Counsel’s Office (GCO)… You can think of us as a little law firm within the Commission. We’re the lawyers for the various branches of the Commission…
Meet Jim Sinclair, OSC General Counsel
…You can think of us as a little law firm within the Commission. We’re the lawyers for the various branches of the Commission and for the Executive Team and the…
How to evaluate companies when buying stock
…equity marketplaces. The Ontario Securities Commission reports on hearings for companies doing business in Ontario. Other provincial securities commissions will also report this information on their websites. The Ontario Securities…