A: Provided you are a Canadian Resident, and you qualify as an accredited investor, you can purchase the GPS Fund from your Investment Advisor. Please note that in addition to the accredited investor requirements, a minimum investment size may apply. For full details please refer to the offering documents for the GPS Fund.

ETFCM suggests that you contact your investment advisor for more information, or to purchase Units of the Fund. However if you do not have an investment advisor, or to inquire about a direct or Institutional investment with ETFCM, please contact us at 888-383-9753 or moreinfo@etfcm.com. Please ensure you are familiar with the fund’s offering memorandum before investing.

A: There is a “valuation date” on the last business day of each month, (a day on which we calculate the NAV or Net Asset Value for the fund), each of these is an opportunity to invest/redeem units of the fund. At our sole discretion, we may create additional valuation dates to allow intra-month investments or redemptions. Redemption requests outside of normal valuation dates may be subject to a service charge of up to 2%. Trade settlement typically takes 3 business days. For full details please refer to the offering memorandum.

A: No. Investors may redeem by providing written notice 10 business days in advance of the next valuation date. For full details please refer to the offering memorandum.

A: You must provide at least 10 business days written notice of your intention to redeem. To make a redemption request contact either your investment advisor, or ETFCM at 888-383-9753 (only if you purchased the fund directly from ETFCM). You or your advisor will be asked to complete and submit a redemption request form. Redemptions will occur at the close of business on the valuation date at the end of each month and it will take 3-5 business days for the funds to become available in your account.

A: There are two fronts on which we are most concerned with risk management:

Investment Management:

ETFCM applies a sophisticated approach to aid in the management of market risks and to control portfolio volatility. As a matter of principle and good faith, employees and their spouses are prohibited from trading in securities outside of our funds, so that we are all in the same boat (this currently includes non-registered investments, and will include registered funds once we have an eligible product in the marketplace). We believe this serves to align interests - and that our own hard earned savings are best served by the funds we proudly put our name to. To view the risk management section of our investment process click here.

Operational & Regulatory:

At ETFCM integrity is paramount. We believe transparency and accountability are critical to investor protection. Conflicts are managed by a careful system of checks and balances and, of course, we strive to achieve best practices in the area of compliance. ETFCM does not act as custodian for our funds, this is the role of NBCN Inc, a firm entrusted by more than 100 independent financial service firms with assets of over $56 billion under administration. Trade execution is performed by NBCN Prime Brokerage Services (which is operated and physically located separately from NBCN Inc). Our fund is valued montly by SGGG Fund Services Ltd., and audited independently by Segal LLP to ensure objective oversight.

A: The GPS Fund carries a base management fee of 0.95% (plus expenses of the fund). Your advisor or dealer will typically add service fees in the range of 1.00% - 1.50%. Please note that when purchasing units directly from ETFCM, that ETFCM is effectively acting as your dealer and the customary service fee will be added to offset the extra duties and responsibilities that accompany that function. ETFCM also participates in 25% of the performance delivered above our annual hurdle rate. For further details regarding fees, please consult the Offering Memorandum. If you have any questions regarding fees, please contact your investment advisor or ETF Capital Management.

A: No. At this time, the Global Portfolio Solution is available only as a Limited Partnership which is not RRSP or RRIF eligible. We plan to launch products in the near future that will service investors with these accounts.

A: Generally, the minimum qualifying investment for The GPS Fund is $150,000; however, Accredited Investors may subscribe with a lower minimum (as established by the offering memorandum and/or the discretion of ETFCM). In order to determine your qualification status, please consult the Offering Memorandum, Subscription Documents, and the following requirements for an Accredited Investor:

1. a Canadian financial institution, or a Schedule III bank;
2. the Business Development Bank of Canada incorporated under the Business Development Bank of Canada Act (Canada);
3. a subsidiary of any person referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b), if the person owns all of the voting securities of the subsidiary, except the voting securities required by law to be owned by directors of that subsidiary;
4. a person registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada as an adviser or dealer, other than a person registered solely as a limited market dealer under one or both of the Securities Act (Ontario) or the Securities Act (Newfoundland and Labrador);
5. an individual registered or formerly registered under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada as a representative of a person referred to in paragraph (d);
6. the Government of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada, or any crown corporation, agency or wholly owned entity of the Government of Canada or a jurisdiction of Canada;
7. a municipality, public board or commission in Canada and a metropolitan community, school board, the Comité de gestion de la taxe scolaire de l'île de Montréal or an intermunicipal management board in Québec;
8. any national, federal, state, provincial, territorial or municipal government of or in any foreign jurisdiction, or any agency of that government;
9. a pension fund that is regulated by either the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada) or a pension commission or similar regulatory authority of a jurisdiction of Canada;
10. an individual who, either alone or with a spouse, beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, financial assets having an aggregate realizable value that before taxes, but net of any related liabilities, exceeds $1,000,000;
11. an individual whose net income before taxes exceeded $200,000 in each of the 2 most recent calendar years or whose net income before taxes combined with that of a spouse exceeded $300,000 in each of the 2 most recent calendar years and who, in either case, reasonably expects to exceed that net income level in the current calendar year;
12. an individual who, either alone or with a spouse, has net assets of at least $5,000,000;
13. a person, other than an individual or investment fund, that has net assets of at least $5,000,000 as shown on its most recently prepared financial statements;
14. an investment fund that distributes or has distributed its securities only to:
    1. an investment fund that distributes or has distributed its securities only to;
    2. a person that acquires or acquired securities in the circumstances referred to in section 2.10 and 2.19 of NI 45- 106, or
    3. a person described in paragraph (i) or (ii) that acquires or acquired securities under section 2.18 of NI 45-106,
15. an investment fund that distributes or has distributed securities under a prospectus in a jurisdiction of Canada for which the regulator or, in Québec, the securities regulatory authority, has issued a receipt;
16. a trust company or trust corporation registered or authorized to carry on business under the Trust and Loan Companies Act (Canada) or under comparable legislation in a jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign jurisdiction, acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by the trust company or trust corporation, as the case may be;
17. a person acting on behalf of a fully managed account managed by that person, if that person:
is registered or authorized to carry on business as an adviser or the equivalent under the securities legislation of a jurisdiction of Canada or a foreign jurisdiction; and in Ontario, is purchasing a security that is not a security of an investment fund;
18. a registered charity under the Income Tax Act (Canada) that, in regard to the trade, has obtained advice from an eligibility adviser or an adviser registered under the securities legislation of the jurisdiction of the registered charity to give advice on the securities being traded;
19. an entity organized in a foreign jurisdiction that is analogous to any of the entities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) or paragraph (i) in form and function;
20. a person in respect of which all of the owners of interests, direct, indirect or beneficial, except the voting securities required by law to be owned by directors, are persons that are accredited investors;
21. an investment fund that is advised by a person registered as an adviser or a person that is exempt from registration as an adviser, or;
22. a person that is recognized or designated by the securities regulatory authority or, except in Ontario and Québec, the regulator as:
    1. an accredited investor; or
    2. an exempt purchaser in Alberta or British Columbia after NI 45-106 comes into force.