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Our Business has Changed !
Rapid Market Access is now available.

We are very pleased to announce that relief from regulatory suitability requirements now permit approved firms, which do not offer advice to self-directed investors, to process eligible trade orders without reviewing the trade for suitability against their client's investment objectives. As a result, TD Waterhouse is able to offer our clients an enhanced service that will give them more immediate access to the markets. This service is called:

"Rapid Market Access"

As you may know, until recently, Canadian securities industry regulations required that every registered broker, including TD Waterhouse, review all client trades for suitability before the orders were forwarded to the appropriate exchange. On behalf of our clients, TD Waterhouse has been successful in lobbying the Securities Industry Regulators to permit elimination of this extensive manual review process. We believe the new regulations will better serve the needs of Canadian investors in today's fast-paced, high volume market environment and provide the same rapid market access presently available to self-directed investors in the United States.

Given the wealth of educational and online research services available through TD Waterhouse and other industry sources, investors today are far more knowledgeable and able to make more informed and timely investment decisions - and, as a result, speed to market has become an increasing priority. At TD Waterhouse, we believe that rapid and efficient access to fast-moving securities markets is one of the most valuable services we can provide to self-directed investors.

Rapid Market Access is now available. All new clients are required to accept Rapid Market Access as a condition of opening the account.

Clients that opened their account prior to February 5, 2001 need to confirm whether or not they wish to take advantage of this change. Please contact an Investment Representative at 1-800-465-5463 to respond.

All TD Waterhouse clients have been sent complete details on Rapid Market Access with instructions on how to accept Rapid Market Access.

Click here for more information about Rapid Market Access.