IIAC LETTER TO CSA RE: ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES AND DESIGNATIONS OF PLAN BENEFICIARIES
The Investment Industry Association of Canada (“IIAC”) requested assistance from the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) in obtaining certainty that electronic signatures are acceptable for investors to designate beneficiaries for their Registered Retirement Savings Plans (“RRSPs”) or Registered Retirement Income Funds (“RRIFs”). Click here to read our letter to CSA Chair, Mr. Louis Morisset.
The IIAC also wrote to the Ontario government and will write to other provincial governments.