Not exact matches
If shares
of our common stock are
held on your
behalf in a
brokerage account or by a bank or other nominee, you are considered to be the beneficial owner
of shares that are
held in «street name,» and the Notice was forwarded to you by your broker or nominee, who is considered the stockholder
of record with respect to those shares.
If a
brokerage is to collect and
hold funds
on behalf of the strata corporation, those funds must be kept in a separate trust account in the name
of the
brokerage on behalf of the client e.g. ABC Strata Management Co. in trust for VR 12777.
As a real estate licensee, Fred should ensure his clients understand which
of his services are regulated under RESA, which are subject to the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act, and that any funds he collects
on behalf of the clients will be
held by his
brokerage in segregated accounts.
Since Acme is acting
on behalf of a third party for remuneration, it must
hold a real estate
brokerage licence.
(a) if the
brokerage is to
hold the money
on behalf of the strata corporation, transfer it to an applicable trust account under subsection (2)(b) or (c), or
(2) A
brokerage must, for each strata corporation
on behalf of which the
brokerage holds or receives money, maintain the following
brokerage trust accounts:
In designated agency, the
brokerage and the client agree that these duties — other than the duty shared with the designated agents to keep the confidences
of the client, and the
holding of money
on behalf of the client — are the responsibility
of the designated agents.
Section 7 - 9
of the Real Estate Council Rules was amended
on July 1, 2012 to require a
brokerage that
holds special levy money
on behalf of a strata corporation to
hold that money in at least one trust account separate from the operating fund account and the contingency reserve fund (CRF) account.
Therefore, regardless
of the amount
of money that a
brokerage may
hold in trust
on behalf of a strata corporation, the maximum amount that could be recovered from the special compensation fund, should there be a significant misappropriation, would be $ 100,000.
Additionally the
brokerage must ensure that the further provisions
of section 7 - 9
of the Rules are satisfied, including ensuring that the appropriate signatures to withdraw funds from the trust accounts
held on behalf of a section are arranged for and obtained.
If the
brokerage holds or receives funds
on behalf of a section, the
brokerage must also maintain books, accounts and records with respect to those funds.
The
brokerage that receives money in connection with this transaction is authorized to pay such money to the Buyer's conveyancer, provided that such money is to be
held in trust by the conveyancer as stakeholder pursuant to the provisions
of the Real Estate Services Act, pending the completion
of the transaction and not
on behalf of any
of the principals to the transaction, and should the sale not complete, the money should be returned to the
brokerage as stakeholder.
If the strata corporation wished to
hold funds
on behalf of a section and disburse funds at the section's instructions, the
brokerage could not maintain a
brokerage trust account
on behalf of those funds.