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Designed offers a variety of financial and wealth management products and services through Designed Securities Ltd. (“DSL”), a dual-registered mutual fund dealer and investment dealer under the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (“CIRO”). For more information, please see About Designed.

General overview

The contents of this website are provided for information purposes only and are not intended to provide you with specific advice, recommendations, or direction with respect to your financial, investment, tax, legal, or accounting matters. For information specific to your affairs, you should consult your advisor or other appropriate investment, legal, tax, or accounting professionals.

Information provided on this website is believed to be reliable when posted. Designed Wealth Management (together with its dealer subsidiaries herein collectively referred to as “Designed”) cannot guarantee its accuracy, and information may change without prior notice. Designed, or any of its related corporations or affiliates, is not responsible in any manner for direct, indirect, special, or consequential damages, however caused, arising out of the use of this website.

Regulatory governance and oversight

Designed has specific policies and procedures, and dedicated personnel to execute and monitor these policies and procedures, and to manage internal controls. Designed is subject to the oversight of the provincial securities commissions and is required to adhere to regulations governing investor protection, fiduciary responsibilities, and stringent recordkeeping. These requirements are monitored by CIRO through independent audits conducted regularly by external auditors and by the regulators’ examiners.

Investor protection

Designed Securities Ltd. is a member of the Canadian Investor Protection Fund (“CIPF”). This protection plan reimburses investors for assets held through the Member in an account for the customer, within predefined limits, if their dealer becomes insolvent or bankrupt and their assets are missing as a result. There are no fees charged to you for participation in the industry investor protection plans.

To learn more about CIPF, please contact your advisor or visit www.cipf.ca.

Availability of products and services

Advisors must be appropriately licensed and/or qualified to provide products and services, including meeting jurisdictional registration requirements based on client residency or other determining factors relating to the product, service, and the rules and regulations of the dealer or regulators. This website does not constitute an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any product or service to anyone in the U.S.A., or in any jurisdiction in which an offer or solicitation is not authorized or cannot legally be made, or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make an offer or solicitation. For information specific to your jurisdiction, please contact your advisor.

Related party

Designed Securities Ltd. is a registered investment dealer in Canada and serves as the agent and principal distributor for the Golden Opportunities Fund. As part of this role, we may receive compensation for distributing units of the fund.

We are dedicated to managing any potential conflicts of interest in accordance with our policies and regulatory obligations, ensuring that investment recommendations align with our clients’ best interests.

This material is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice. Investors should review the fund’s offering documents and consult their financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

Learn more by viewing the fund’s prospectus here or by contacting us at info@designedsecurities.ca.

Complaint handling

Designed provides a written summary of client complaint-handling procedures at the time of opening an account.

Upon receipt of a complaint, Designed will determine the nature of the complaint. Once determined, all facts and concerns relating to the complaint will be reviewed with respect to the event or transaction that gave rise to it. Where necessary, our review may include additional contact with the individual(s) who initiated the complaint.

Due to the nature of information reviewed and discussed during a complaint procedure, only a Designed client, their legal representative, or regulatory authorities may make or investigate a complaint with Designed.

Upon completion of the review, a client is provided a summary of the complaint, relevant findings, and the resulting outcome. This includes an explanation of the final decision and an outline of other options for seeking alternative resolution or compensation available to the client if they are not satisfied with the firm’s response.

Designed will provide a final decision with respect to a complaint within 90 days or an interim response with an explanation for the delay and the expected new response time.

Securities rules and regulations govern the processes by which Designed shall review and respond to client complaints. For further information, please contact our Designated Complaints Officer at complaints@designedsecurities.ca.