North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2012 Version 1.2

761 - Financial services (except insurance)

This group comprises financial system regulatory services; account and cash management products; loans and other credit financing products; investment products; financial planning services and trust products for individuals, businesses and government; and products supporting financial services.

76161 - Investment products

This class comprises securities origination products; brokering and dealing of financial instruments; and brokerage correspondent products.

761611 - Securities origination products

This subclass comprises assisting the issuers of securities (businesses and government) in creating their securities and in having them distributed to the investing public. The service may involve advising the issuer; purchasing securities from the issuer and selling them (underwriting); or acting as an agent in marketing the securities.

761612 - Brokering and dealing of money market instruments

This subclass comprises brokering and dealing money market instruments, which are fixed-rate of return debt instruments that mature within one year or less.

761613 - Brokering and dealing of other debt instruments

This subclass comprises brokering and dealing debt instruments other than money market instruments.

761614 - Brokering and dealing of equities

This subclass comprises brokering and dealing equity securities.

761615 - Brokering and dealing of derivatives

This subclass comprises brokering and dealing in derivative instruments, which are contracts whose value is based on the value of an underlying entity.

• Exclusion(s)

  • asset-backed securities (See 7616131 Brokering and dealing products, corporate bonds and asset-backed securities)

761616 - Foreign currency wholesale brokering and dealing

This subclass comprises brokering and dealing foreign currencies, on a wholesale basis.

761617 - Brokering and dealing of investment company securities

This subclass comprises brokering and dealing investment company securities.

761618 - Brokering and dealing of other financial instruments

This subclass comprises brokering and dealing other financial instruments.

761619 - Brokerage correspondent products

This subclass comprises the service consisting of one broker-dealer carrying out trades on behalf of another, where the first broker-dealer has access to a particular securities exchange and the other does not.