Toronto-based BMO Life Insurance Co. has launched the BMO Guaranteed Investment Funds (GIFs) lineup of five new segregated funds designed to offer a maturity guarantee…
Choose comparisons carefully, or risk confusing clients
Low-cost Series D funds offer "channel-appropriate pricing"
Advisors can help couples deal with differing visions of retirement
Emerging-markets bonds may have a role in client portfolios
Toronto-based RBC Global Asset Management Inc. has capped five RBC Select Class funds held in the RBC corporate-class structure. RBC Select Very Conservative Class, RBC…
Toronto-based IA Clarington Investments Inc. has added two funds to its product lineup: IA Clarington Floating Rate Income Fund and IA Clarington Strategic U.S. Growth…
Toronto-based AGF Investments Inc. has made several changes to its portfolio-management teams and product lineup. Peter Frost, previously vice president and portfolio manager, has been…
Lévis, Que.-based Desjardins Wealth Management has expanded its all-in-one Melodia investment portfolios with the introduction of nine new portfolios: four income-oriented and five growth-oriented. The…
Fund portfolio managers are finding some good investment prospects
Toronto-based TD Asset Management Inc., manager of TD Mutual Funds, will assume portfolio-management responsibilities
But there are many reasons to be positive about the long term
Life expectancy estimates can be affected by your query
The mere suggestion that U.S. regulators could initiate tapering created opportunities for potential REIT investors
Different strategies find common ground
Toronto-based Purpose Investments Inc. has introduced Purpose High Interest Savings ETF, one of the first high- interest savings exchanged-traded funds (ETFs) in Canada. The ETF…
Hardly. They provide vital diversification
The potential for higher interest rates leads fund portfolio managers to make a few changes
Toronto-based Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. and its affiliate, AlphaPro Management Inc., have expanded their product shelf with the addition of Horizons Active Floating Rate…
U.S. study shows a portfolio of bonds and stocks may trump annuities
Toronto-based BlackRock Asset Management Canada Ltd., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of U.S.-based BlackRock Inc., has launched a suite of seven balanced mutual funds –…
Dynamic Funds, managed by Toronto-based GCIC Ltd., has added a new fund to its family: Dynamic U.S. Value Balanced Fund. Cecilia Mo, vice president and…
Some fund portfolio managers say stocks are reasonably priced
Watch out for portfolio "cures"
Portfolio managers of precious metals funds are divided on outlook