Your Investments are
Secure & Protected
Capital preservation and strong client protection measures are top priority and your investments are protected and insured.
Investor Protection Corporation
Protecting Investors
Our dealer, Portfolio Strategies Corporation, is a current and long-standing member of the MFDA Investor Protection Corporation which ensures client assets in the event of insolvency up to $1,000,000 per account.
The Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (“MFDA”) is the regulatory organization for mutual fund dealers in Canada. The MFDA protects investors through the enforcement of the MFDA’s By-laws, Rules and Policies. For more information on the MFDA, click the link below.
* Investments are not guaranteed against market volatility.
For more information specifically on the MFDA investor protection corporation, click the link below.
Safeguarding Capital
We don’t hold your investments at Stark Private Wealth or Portfolio Strategies Corporation. We advise and execute strategic transactions on our client’s behalf. We use an intermediary to “physically” hold client investments. This intermediary is referred to as a Custodian, which is a financial institution that holds customers’ securities for safekeeping in order to minimize the risk of theft or loss.
A custodian holds securities and other assets in electronic or physical form. Since they are responsible for the safety of assets often exceeding billions of dollars, custodians generally tend to be large and reputable firms. The Custodian of choice for our clients is Olympia Trust company, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta.
Custodians are not engaged in traditional commercial or consumer/retail banking and are there to hold and protect your capital. This is the same system used by all major investment firms
Research & Due Diligence
Our primary objective in all scenarios is the protection and preservation of capital. Our comprehensive research process ensures all investments we use meet our rigorous KYP requirements. In addition, we do not deploy investments that are highly speculative or present unnecessary or unknown risks. Risk and volatility however are distinctly separate and should be understood before investing.
Our dealer of choice, Portfolio Strategies Corporation, also employs a strict research process to ensure investments are appropriate and do not present an undue risk.
Do you have questions? We would love to hear from you!
