Cash instruments garnering attention in volatile market
ETFs built on high-interest savings accounts make sense to investors who need a place to park cash until they’re ready to invest again
- By: Allan Janssen
- October 12, 2022 October 12, 2022
- 13:26
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Playing defence with equity ETFs
Dividend, low-volatility and covered-call ETFs can all support portfolios in bad markets
- By: Rudy Luukko
- October 11, 2022 October 6, 2022
- 13:00
What’s new from fund manufacturers
Recent launches include a green bond fund and an Ether ETF
- By: Greg Meckbach
- October 11, 2022 October 11, 2022
- 12:40
Investment opportunities for observant Muslim clients
Finding fixed income solutions as interest rates rise
- By: Greg Meckbach
- October 6, 2022 October 13, 2022
- 13:51
Invesco Canada partners with NEI Investments on ESG
The partnership aims to heat up competition in responsible investment
- By: IE Staff
- October 6, 2022 October 6, 2022
- 12:44
Canadian ETF flows show “flight to safety” in September
A record $1.7 billion flowed into cash alternatives
- By: IE Staff
- October 5, 2022 October 5, 2022
- 14:58
Manulife bundles health monitoring into more coverage
The lifeco is expanding its Vitality program to universal life and par policies
- By: Greg Meckbach
- September 27, 2022 September 27, 2022
- 15:48
What’s new from fund manufacturers
New products offer income from options trading, dividends from utilities, one-stop shopping for liquid alts
- By: Greg Meckbach
- September 22, 2022 September 22, 2022
- 15:05
CFRs lead to more KYP scrutiny
Significant product changes offer opportunities to engage clients, get to know them better and address suitability
- By: Michelle Schriver
- September 19, 2022 September 19, 2022
- 12:24
New investment product releases
Funds address inflation, highlight women portfolio managers
- By: Greg Meckbach
- September 14, 2022 September 20, 2022
- 14:58
How to measure ETF and mutual-fund risk
A closer look at several methodologies beyond standard deviation: max drawdown, batting average and more
- By: Rudy Luukko
- September 13, 2022 September 7, 2022
- 13:00
Guardian longevity funds target investors seeking retirement security
GuardPath funds aim for steady cash flow over 20 years or a large payout for survivors in 2042
- By: Greg Meckbach
- September 7, 2022 September 8, 2022
- 14:54
Why passive strategies still dominate in ETFs
The use of passive index ETFs doesn’t necessarily mean passivity in how they’re deployed
- By: Rudy Luukko
- September 7, 2022 September 7, 2022
- 13:00
ETF investors returned to passive equities funds in August: report
Cash alternative ETFs were also popular, while crypto funds saw outflows
- By: IE Staff
- September 6, 2022 September 6, 2022
- 11:26
What’s new from fund manufacturers
TD launched a carbon credit ETF, while Equitable Life has 12 new seg funds
- By: Greg Meckbach
- September 1, 2022 September 1, 2022
- 10:32
Manulife discontinues disability products for business owners
The insurer will stop accepting new business for four individual disability products as of Sept. 30
- By: Greg Meckbach
- August 25, 2022 August 25, 2022
- 16:44
Mutual fund, ETF assets steady in July
IFIC data show that redemptions from equities funds continued
- By: IE Staff
- August 25, 2022 August 25, 2022
- 16:14
What’s new from fund manufacturers
A Horizons high-dividend utilities ETF is now trading, and Harvest and Evolve have new funds in the pipeline
- By: Greg Meckbach
- August 15, 2022 August 15, 2022
- 09:18
ETFs with a charitable twist
A closer look at ETFs that donate a portion of fees to environmental or social causes
- By: Rudy Luukko
- August 9, 2022 August 2, 2022
- 14:00
Covered call writing: Why now?
Bear markets are a good time to employ the strategy with clients who can handle the complexity
- By: Greg Meckbach
- August 9, 2022 August 9, 2022
- 09:13
Canadian ETF inflows return in July
Outflows from equities continued, but not at June's pace
- By: IE Staff
- August 4, 2022 August 4, 2022
- 13:17
What’s new from fund manufacturers
A new Sprott ESG gold ETF is trading on NYSE Arca
- By: Greg Meckbach
- August 3, 2022 August 3, 2022
- 15:39
Sustainable fund performance suffers amid high energy prices
More than three in four Canadian sustainable equity funds underperformed their category peers in Q2
- By: Mark Burgess
- July 29, 2022 July 29, 2022
- 12:18
Fund investors didn’t head for the exits despite market turmoil, report shows
Investors withdrew US$136 billion globally from mutual funds and ETFs in the first half of this year
- By: Mark Burgess
- July 28, 2022 July 28, 2022
- 10:18
What’s new from fund manufacturers
Canadian depositary receipts give direct exposure to more big U.S. names
- By: IE Staff
- July 26, 2022 July 26, 2022
- 15:56