Deposit Institutions Guidelines

The AMF sets guidelines for various financial institution categories.

These guidelines help set standards governing the activities and conduct of these institutions, particularly with regard to solvency (capital adequacy) and sound and prudent management practices.

The following list gives access to these guidelines.

Financial services cooperatives, trust companies and savings companies

Sound and prudent management practices and sound commercial practices

• Governance Guideline
• Integrated Risk Management Guideline
• Compliance Guideline
• Outsourcing Risk Guideline Revised December 2010
  
  • Amendments table
• Liquidity Risk Management Guideline
• Business Continuity Management Guideline
• Investment Management Guideline
• Derivatives Risk Management Guideline
• Interest Rate Risk Management Guideline
• Securitization Risk Management Guideline 
• Guideline on principal protected notes

Financial services cooperatives

Solvency requirements

• Adequacy of capital base – Revised December 2011 (Available in French only)
  • Amendments table (Available in French only)
• Reporting form and Instructions (Available in French only)

Credit unions that are not members of a federation, Trust companies and Savings companies

Solvency requirements

• Capital Adequacy Guideline – December 2011
  • Amendments table
• Implementation Framework – for institutions wishing to adopt a standardized approach for calculating operational risk capital charges – January 2011
• Reporting form and Instructions (Available in French only)

For more information regarding these Guidelines, please contact:

Standards and Deposit Insurance Section

Telephone: 418 525-0337 ext. 4638
Toll free: 1 877 525-0337
Fax: 418 643-4586

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