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CIFSC Completes Quarterly Review

The CIFSC has completed its quarter-end reclassification review. The changes are based on data up to June 30th, 2025 and will be reflected in the release of September 2025 month-end data. To see the results of the review, please click here.

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Proposed Changes to CIFSC Balanced Categories; issue for comment

Toronto, September 30, 2025 – The CIFSC continuously monitors fund categorization, category definitions and structures, and emerging trends in the investment funds industry. As part of this ongoing review, and following input from industry stakeholders, the CIFSC is publishing, for a 60-day comment period, the following proposed […]

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CIFSC Initiates Review of Balanced Funds Categories

April 1st, 2025 TORONTO, CANADA (April 1, 2025) – The CIFSC continuously monitors and analyses the categorization of funds, the current category definitions and structures, as well as any new and developing trends in the investment funds industry. The purpose of the review is to ensure the […]

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CIFSC Category Change Announcement

April 1st, 2025 TORONTO, CANADA (April 1, 2025) – The CIFSC continuously monitors and analyses the categorization of funds, the current category definitions and structures, as well as any new and developing trends in the investment funds industry. The purpose of the review is to ensure the […]

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Response to Comments and Proposal

January 31st, 2025 TORONTO, CANADA (January 31, 2025) – The Canadian Investment Fund Standards Committee (CIFSC) continuously monitors and analyses the categorization of funds, the current category definitions and structures, as well as any new and developing trends in the investment funds industry. The purpose of the […]

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French language version of the Responsible Investment identification framework

November 29th, 2024 RE: French language version of the Responsible Investment identification framework TORONTO, CANADA (November 29, 2024) – The Canadian Investment Funds Standards Committee is pleased to announce that the Responsible Investment Identification Framework is now available in French. The framework, which was revised August 1st, […]

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CIFSC Category Proposal

The CIFSC continuously monitors and analyses the categorization of funds, the current category definitions and structures, as well as any new and developing trends in the investment funds industry. As the result of an ongoing review, the committee is publishing, for a 60-day comment period, a variety […]

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CIFSC Completes Quarterly Review

The CIFSC has completed its quarter-end reclassification review. The changes are based on data up to June 30th, 2024 and will be reflected in the release of September 2024 month-end data. To see the results of the review, please click here.

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Changes to the CIFSC RI Framework Effective August 1st, 2024

The CIFSC updates its responsible investment framework annually or as needed to reflect global ESG trends and taxonomy developments for Canadian investors. The latest review, conducted from February 1 to July 15, 2024, incorporated feedback from the Investment Funds Institute of Canada and other asset managers. This […]

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CIFSC Completes Quarterly Review

The CIFSC has completed its quarter-end reclassification review. The changes are based on data up to March 31st, 2023 and will be reflected in the release of July 2023 month-end data. To see the results of the review, please click here.

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