Excel planning to introduce two ETFs
The ETFs will employ a risk-budgeting, quantitative investment strategy with global diversification
- By: Jade Hemeon
- May 3, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 10:35
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Franklin Templeton to launch ETFs later this month
The first two ETFs will be listed on the TSX on May 30 while two strategic beta ETFs will launch on June 5
- By: Beatrice Paez
- May 3, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 10:10
Desjardins launches new ETF
Desjardins Developed ex-USA ex-Canada Multifactor-Controlled Volatility ETF seeks to replicate the performance of a developed markets multifactor-controlled volatility equity index
- By: Beatrice Paez
- May 3, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 08:15
Middlefield to end service fees on four closed-end funds
The move will benefit unitholders as the funds will have a lower management expense ratios and more cash available for investments
- By: Beatrice Paez
- May 2, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 11:00
AGF Investments joins CETFA
The asset-management firm entered the ETF space earlier this year with its launch of seven ETFs in January
- By: Beatrice Paez
- May 2, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 10:25
BMO Investments makes changes to its mutual fund lineup
The firm has added series F to several funds and has cut management fees by up to 45 bps
- By: Beatrice Paez
- May 2, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 09:30
Slumping loonie boosts foreign equity funds in April: Morningstar
18 fund indices increased by more than 2%
- By: IE Staff
- May 2, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 09:15
Horizons ETFs completes conversion of advisor-class ETF units
Affected unitholders will see a decrease in their annual management fees thanks to their new common-class units
- By: Beatrice Paez
- May 1, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 09:50
CIBC AM announces new portfolio subadvisor
Maple-Brown Abbott specializes in Australian and Asia Pacific ex-Japan equities
- By: Beatrice Paez
- April 28, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 10:30
Invesco to buy ETF provider Source
The transaction includes US$18 billion in Source-managed AUM, plus US$7 billion in externally managed AUM
- By: James Langton
- April 27, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 13:20
Horizons announces new benchmarks for 12 ETFs
Firm adopts indices from Solactive AG
- By: Beatrice Paez
- April 27, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 11:40
Mackenzie introduces income-focused funds
The two mutual funds and one ETF seek to generate income from corporate and government bonds, dividend stocks, preferred shares, among others
- By: Beatrice Paez
- April 26, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 09:30
ETFbahn aims to provide easy access to ETFs in the MFDA world
The new platform-agnostic system would make it possible for dealer firms to sell ETFs without having to set up the necessary compliance and back-office infrastructure
- By: Beatrice Paez
- April 25, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 13:00
AGF expands ETF platform to the U.S.
AGFiQ Asset Management aims to tailor product ideas in response to “specific client needs and outcomes”
- By: Beatrice Paez
- April 24, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 09:40
Green bond issuance on the rise: Moody’s
Report suggests sector is on track to top last year’s record
- By: James Langton
- April 20, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 13:55
Mackenzie to introduce new ETF on NEO exchange
Mackenzie Global High Yield Fixed Income ETF aims to provide a steady income stream “with the potential for long-term capital growth”
- By: Beatrice Paez
- April 20, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 09:40
Managing risk: Active vs passive investing
Richard Jenkins, chairman and managing director at Black Creek Investment Management Inc. and winner of the 2015 Morningstar Foreign Equity Fund Manager of the Year…
- By: Richard Jenkins
- April 19, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 13:30
Active managers trailed benchmarks in 2016
The SPIVA Canada Scorecard found that the equity market’s strong showing later in the year dragged down the performance of active managers
- By: Beatrice Paez
- April 19, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 12:10
Vanguard adds pooled fund for institutional investors
Vanguard Global All-Cap ex Canada Equity Index Pooled Fund will focus on emerging and developed markets outside of Canada
- By: Beatrice Paez
- April 19, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 09:35
RBC GAM to change ticker symbols on five currency-hedged ETFs
Each symbol will bear an identifying “H” at the tail of the symbol to mark that it’s currency hedged
- By: Beatrice Paez
- April 19, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 09:15
Why volatility is EdgePoint’s friend
Risk assessment is based on business fundamentals, not market moves
- By: Diana Cawfield
- April 17, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 10:30
SEI welcomes new portfolio manager
Rachel Volynsky will oversee the management of the firm’s Canadian equity strategies
- By: Beatrice Paez
- April 17, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 09:15
Manulife launches new suite of four multifactor ETFs
The ETFs are designed to track indices that Dimensional Fund Advisors, whose Canadian unit is subadvising the new ETFs, has developed
- By: Megan Harman
- April 17, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 06:45
RBC GAM proposes changes to two funds
The investment objectives for two funds will be altered and one of the funds would also be renamed
- By: Beatrice Paez
- April 12, 2017 October 17, 2019
- 10:00