Amendment to Form 81-101F2 (Related to Brokerage Arrangements Amendments effective June 30, 2010)

Amendment to Form 81-101F2 (Related to Brokerage Arrangements Amendments effective June 30, 2010)

Amendments to National Instrument
 

 

 

AMENDMENTS TO

FORM 81-101F2
CONTENTS OF ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM

UNDER

NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 81-101
MUTUAL FUND PROSPECTUS DISCLOSURE

 

 

 

 

1. National Instrument 81-101 Mutual Fund Prospectus Disclosure is amended by this Instrument.

 

 

2. Form 81-101F2 Contents of Annual Information Form is amended by repealing Item 10.4, including the Instructions under that Item, and substituting the following:

"10.4 -- Brokerage Arrangements

(1) If any brokerage transactions involving the client brokerage commissions of the mutual fund have been or might be directed to a dealer in return for the provision of any good or service, by the dealer or a third party, other than order execution, state

(a) the process for, and factors considered in, selecting a dealer to effect securities transactions for the mutual fund, including whether receiving goods or services in addition to order execution is a factor, and whether and how the process may differ for a dealer that is an affiliated entity;

(b) the nature of the arrangements under which order execution goods and services or research goods and services might be provided;

(c) each type of good or service, other than order execution, that might be provided; and

(d) the method by which the portfolio adviser makes a good faith determination that the mutual fund, on whose behalf the portfolio adviser directs any brokerage transactions involving client brokerage commissions to a dealer in return for the provision of any order execution goods and services or research goods and services, by the dealer or a third party, receives reasonable benefit considering both the use of the goods or services and the amount of client brokerage commissions paid.

(2) Since the date of the last annual information form, if any brokerage transactions involving the client brokerage commissions of the mutual fund have been or might be directed to a dealer in return for the provision of any good or service, by the dealer or third party, other than order execution, state

(a) each type of good or service, other than order execution, that has been provided to the manager or the portfolio adviser of the mutual fund; and

(b) the name of any affiliated entity that provided any good or service referred to in paragraph (a), separately identifying each affiliated entity and each type of good or service provided by each affiliated entity.

(3) If any brokerage transactions involving the client brokerage commissions of the mutual fund have been or might be directed to a dealer in return for the provision of any good or service, by the dealer or a third party, other than order execution, state that the name of any other dealer or third party that provided a good or service referred to in paragraph (2)(a), that was not disclosed under paragraph (2)(b), will be provided upon request by contacting the mutual fund or mutual fund family at [insert telephone number] or at [insert mutual fund or mutual fund family e-mail address].

INSTRUCTIONS:

Terms defined in NI 23-102 -- Use of Client Brokerage Commissions have the same meaning where used in this Item."

3. This Instrument comes into force on June 30, 2010.