VentureLink Financial Services Innovation Fund represents a unique opportunity for individual Canadian investors. It combines the tax benefits of a labour sponsored investment fund with the potential of one of Canada's strongest, most innovative, and rapidly-growing sectors - financial services. VentureLink Financial Services Innovation Fund will focus on promising emerging companies in this sector and will provide greater diversification by investing a portion of the portfolio in a Note linked to the performance of the S&P/TSX Canadian Financials Index.
VentureLink Financial Services Innovation Fund provides investors with a number of exciting and unique benefits, including:
Investment in Financial Services Sector
Investors will participate in a diversified portfolio of promising investments in growing Canadian financial services firms. The financial services industry in Canada is expected to grow rapidly over both the short and long-term.
Significant Tax Benefits Investors resident in Ontario are eligible for an immediate 30% tax credit, to a maximum credit of $1,875 based on an investment of $7,500*.
Experienced Portfolio Management
The portfolio management team has more than 30 years of combined experience working with and successfully investing in and building early stage companies.
Access to Private Markets Investors will have access to private company investments in the financial services sector. These opportunities are not readily available to the general public.
Participation in S&P/TSX Canadian Financials Index A portion of the Fund's assets will be invested in Notes linked to the performance of the S&P/TSX Canadian Financials Index, thereby providing investors with greater diversification.
Tax Credits
Some limitations apply, please refer to the prospectus for details. A redemption fee may apply. New shares must be held for eight years to avoid repaying tax credits. Tax credits are non-refundable. Income tax is payable on all amounts withdrawn from an RRSP.
Disclaimer
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Prospectus
*Note: Current Ontario legislation provides for only a $5,000 maximum annual purchase eligible for an Ontario tax credit. The $7,500 increased annual limit is only proposed legislation and there is no guarantee that it will ever be enacted into law by the Government of Ontario. Please read the Fund's prospectuses and amendments to their prospectuses dated December 27, 2007 for further details.
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