(November – 09:50 ET) – National Life is launching four new seg funds in its Touchstone Group of Funds through alliances with C.I. Funds, Fidelity Investments, and ABN AMRO.

National Life, a member of the Industrial Alliance Group of Companies, now offers 17 segregated funds to investors, including the four new funds: the National European Growth Fund, National Canadian Asset Allocation (Fidelity) Fund, National Canadian Growth Strategy Fund, and the National Global Brand Managers Fund.

“C.I. Funds is pleased to offer a selection of our top funds and portfolio managers to investors in National Life’s Touchstone Funds,” said Peter Anderson, president C.I. Funds. Philip Evans, executive vice president Fidelity Investments Canada said, “We are looking forward to sharing the benefit of Fidelity’s global investment management expertise with National Life advisors and their clients.”

Brenda Moore, National Life’s director of marketing, Retirement & Investment Products Division, says the insurance company wanted to limit the number of funds to a manageable level, while providing a family of funds that enables financial advisors to build a truly diversified portfolio. “I believe we have met both goals,” she says.

Moore and Rif Jiwani, National Life’s vice president, retirement and investment products, are on a road show during November to promote the new funds to financial advisors and investment managers across Canada.
-IE Staff