Not exact matches
And
on top of that once you sell a security they forcefully convert it back to Canadian dollars at a «reasonable
rate», problem is that also with
conversion of currency there is a
spread, so you end up getting hit anyways.
In other words, your bank has a cash EURUSD of $ 1.30 but the
conversion you get at the ATM is Visa's
rate, hence the Visa fee (but it's typically a nicer
spread, or it's sometimes the international spot
rate depending
on the circumstances, due to the overhead of electronic transactions).
Clients enrolled in the U.S. - Friendly RRSP will not be subject to a retail
spread on FX
conversions for U.S. equity, options and mutual fund trades executed in the account, and a mid-market SCI
Rate will be applied to the trades executed.