Archived - Standard Industrial Classification - Establishments (SIC-E) 1980

K - Finance and Insurance Industries

72 - Investment Intermediary Industries

Establishments primarily engaged in investing in a portfolio of securities and other investments on behalf of their shareholders/unitholders. Included in this Major Group are establishments pri-marily engaged in financing mortgages, real estate and purchase leasebacks and holding of common and preferred stock for the purpose of exercising control.

721 - Portfolio Investment Intermediaries

Establishments primarily engaged in investing in a portfolio of securities and other investments on behalf of their shareholders/unitholders. Included are establishments known as segregated funds of life insurance carriers.

722 - Mortgage Companies

Establishments, other than deposit accepting, primarily engaged in investing in residential mortgages. Included in this industry are establishments known as real estate investment trusts created under a provincial or federal "Declaration of Trust" as unincorporated trusts and which are primarily engaged in making loans against residential mortgages.

729 - Other Investment Intermediaries

Included in this Industry Group are establishments known as trusteed pension funds, estate, trust and agency funds and other investment intermediaries not elsewhere classified.