RAYMOND JAMES TRUST (CANADA)
FIDUCIE RAYMOND JAMES (CANADA)

(The “Company”) 

Statement of Regulatory Capital and Related Risk

Preliminary Note

Effective April 24, 2020, Raymond James Ltd. (“Raymond James”) entered into a share purchase agreement and acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Oak Holdings London (2004) Inc., which owned all of the issued and outstanding shares in Oak Trust Company. Following this purchase agreement, Oak Trust Company will be renamed Raymond James Trust (Canada).  

Foreign Exchange Risk

The Company is not exposed to risks from foreign exchange rate fluctuations as all of its financial instruments are denominated in Canadian funds. 

Credit Risk

Substantially all of the Company’s accounts receivable consists of fees receivable based on Assets Under Management and are received in the month after billing. The Company generally extends unsecured credit to these customers and, therefore, the collection of accounts receivable may be affected by changes in economic or other conditions. The Company has not experienced any material credit loss in the collection of receivables to date. Company. As at December 31, 2019, the Company exposure to credit risk on accounts receivable is $47,568. As at December 31, 2018, the maximum exposure to credit risk on accounts receivable was $63,387.

The Company’s marketable securities consist of the following issuers:

The Company’s maximum credit exposure to credit risk on marketable securities is their carrying amounts. As at December 31, 2019, none of the marketable securities are past due or impaired.

Fair Value

The fair value of marketable securities is determined directly by reference to published price quotations in an active market and are therefore included in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable, and accrued liabilities approximate their fair value due to their short-term nature.

Regulatory Capital

The Company is subject to various externally imposed capital requirements and manages its capital in accordance with those requirements, including capital policies, procedures and controls to ensure compliance with these capital requirements is maintained. The Company maintains a very low liquidity risk tolerance by keeping regulatory capital invested primarily in Government of Canada issues.

As at December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for the years then ended, the Company was in compliance with the capital requirements which include the following:

Minimum Paid-in Capital

Under section 56(1) of the Trust and Loans Companies Act, the Company is required to maintain paid-in capital of at least $5,000,000. As at December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company has capital stock in the amount of $ 5,879,850.

Capital Adequacy Requirementsl

Under the Capital Adequacy Requirements (CAR) as issued by OSFI, the Company is required to maintain certain capital ratios using an approach with risk-weighted assets and defined formulas for determining those ratios. For both 2018 and 2017, the Company was required to maintain minimum Common equity tier 1 (CET1) ratio of 7.0%, a Tier 1 capital ratio of 8.5%, and a Total capital ratio of 10.0%. The Company’s capital ratios have been calculated as follows for the years ending December 31, 2019 and 2018:

As at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company was in compliance with the minimum regulatory capital requirement prescribed by Part X of the Trust and Loan Companies Act, Adequacy of Capital and Liquidity. For 2019 and 2018 fiscal years, the Company was required to maintain a 4% tier 1 capital ratio and an 8% total capital ratio.

Frequency of disclosure

As a smaller less complex institution with a stable risk profile, Raymond James Trust (Canada) (and formerly Oak Trust Company) reports these qualitative and quantitative disclosures annually, as at its fiscal year.