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Mutual Funds Fees and Dealer Registration

Master the intricacies of mutual fund fees and navigate the essential regulations governing dealer registration. This course equips you with the knowledge to make informed decisions.

Created byPNC Learning
5.0
(5 reviews)
BeginnerUpdated Nov 19, 2025
Mutual Funds Fees and Dealer Registration

What You'll Learn

check_circleIdentify major Canadian mutual fund fees.
check_circleDifferentiate explicit and implicit costs.
check_circleCalculate various mutual fund charges.
check_circleUnderstand dealer registration requirements.
check_circleExplain suitable vs. unsuitable orders.
check_circleDescribe regulatory body functions.

About This Course

This course, "Mutual Funds Fees and Dealer Registration," offered by PNC Learning, is designed to fulfill partial continuing education requirements for FP Canada. It provides a comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted world of mutual fund costs and the essential regulatory frameworks governing mutual fund dealers in Canada.

You will gain a deep understanding of:

  • Mutual Fund Fees and Services: Delve into the various types of fees, including Management Expense Ratio (MER), sales charges (front-end, back-end, no-load), trailer fees, switching fees, redemption fees, and transfer fees. Learn how these explicit and implicit costs impact investor returns and how to calculate them.
  • Systematic Investment and Withdrawal Plans: Explore the benefits of accumulation plans like investment discipline and dollar-cost averaging. Understand the different types of systematic withdrawal plans (fixed dollar, ratio, fixed period, life, and annuity) and their practical applications.
  • Taxation of Mutual Funds: Learn how mutual funds are taxed, including the implications of capital gains, reinvested distributions, and adjusted cost base.
  • Mutual Fund Dealer Regulation: Navigate the intricate landscape of dealer registration requirements, including educational qualifications, training programs, and the role of the National Registration Database (NRD).
  • Professional Conduct and Prohibited Practices: Understand the principles of personal trust, disclosure, and regulation. Learn about industry rules, mutual fund restrictions, and various prohibited practices to ensure ethical and compliant operations.
  • Client Relationships and Suitability: Master the "Know Your Client" (KYC) and "Know Your Product" (KYP) rules, and their application in determining investment suitability. Understand the importance of asset allocation models and how to handle unsolicited orders.
  • Regulatory Bodies and Compliance: Discover the roles of provincial securities administrators and Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs) like the MFDA. Learn about anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing requirements, and the handling of client complaints.
  • Account Opening Procedures: Gain insight into the steps involved in opening a mutual fund account, including relationship disclosure, order forms, new account application forms, and different account types.

By the end of this course, you will be equipped with the knowledge to confidently explain mutual fund fee structures, understand regulatory obligations, and ensure ethical client interactions within the Canadian financial landscape.

Your Instructor

PNC Learning
PNC Learning

2x Award Winning Commercial Insurance Broker

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Founder and CEO of PNC Learning (a wholly owned LearnDay subsidiary), one of Canada’s leading independent providers of pre-licensing and accredited continuing education courses for insurance professionals. https://courses.pnclearning.com With programs currently in use by thousands of students and at some of the largest insurance brokerages across Canada, Jacques has deep experience in successfully launching and marketing new e-Learning programs for the fitness industry, financial services, and other regulated industries. With a technical background, his expertise in e-Learning includes content creation, sales & marketing, and everything required to bring a new e-Learning program to market from the ground up.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

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