Distributions are required to pass-through the taxable gains and income generated by the fund over the past year.
As is the case with the majority of our mutual fund investors, if these distributed amounts are not taken as cash, they are simply reinvested in the form of new shares of the respective fund series. As is the industry standard, to keep the overall value of a client’s account in equilibrium, the value of the brand new shares added to a client’s account will result in a corresponding reduction of the NAV of each share of the fund after the distribution is complete.
For taxable (open) accounts, distributions on March 28th, 2018 will generate a tax slip generated in January / February of 2019. For registered accounts, like RRSPs and others, no tax slips will be generated as a result of these distributions.
Please find the March 28th, 2018 distributions information here. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.