Effective September 5, 2017, the financial industry in Canada and the U.S. has reduced the trade settlement cycle for purchases and redemptions from three business days (“T+3”) to two business days (“T+2”) after the trade date (“T”).

This change stems from a global trend in shortening investment settlement dates. Markets in the European Union and Asia/Pacific have already moved to T+2 settlement.

For example, if we put through a redemption on Monday, the investment company will transfer the proceeds to your bank account on Wednesday. You should have the funds on Wednesday, but some banks have their own processing windows causing delays of 1-2 days.

Money-market fund transactions, which are subject to T+1 regulations, are not affected by this change. If you redeem from a money market fund on Monday, the trade will settle and the funds should be in our account on Tuesday.