CSA Propose Fund Facts Pre-Sale Delivery Requirements

The Canadian Securities Administrators today published proposed amendments to mutual fund prospectus disclosure rules that would implement requirements regarding the pre-sale delivery of Fund Facts. The amendments represent the third stage of the CSA's point of sale disclosure project for mutual funds.

Under the proposed amendments, the most recently filed Fund Facts would have to be delivered to a purchaser before a dealer accepts an instruction for purchase. Delivery would not be required, however, if the purchaser had already received the most recently filed Fund Facts. There would also be an exception, subject to certain conditions, where a purchaser indicated a desire to complete the purchase immediately or by a specified time, and it was not practicable for the dealer to complete pre-sale delivery. In such a case, the Fund Facts would have to be delivered within two days of purchase.