PRODUCT WATCH
Two new funds for IGWinnipeg-based Investor’s Group Inc. has launched two new funds: Investors Global Real Estate Fund and Alto Monthly Income and Global Growth…
- By: Clare O’Hara
- February 20, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 12:05
Latest news in Focus on Products
Getting to know your clients
New anti-money laundering rules mean obtaining more information
- By: Joanne De Laurentiis
- February 20, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 12:05
Quant fund managers tout consistent performance
Quantitative funds are managed using complex mathematical or statistical models to make stock picks
- By: Laura Bobak
- February 20, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 11:54
Income trust fund managers are cautiously optimistic
Oil and gas income trusts are popular with fund managers; some REITs are still attractive investments
- By: Michael Ryval
- February 20, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 11:54
China fund weathers the volatility
Manager of AGF China Focus Fund is bullish on the outlook for stocks in the region
- By: Michael Ryval
- February 20, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 11:54
A positive year for many segregated fund families
Changes in ranking categories helped performance in 2007, as did astute stock-picking
- By: Catherine Harris
- February 20, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 11:54
Product Watch
National Bank launches new GICMontreal-based National Bank of Canada has unveiled its Advantage 8 Plus GIC, which provides investors with principal protection while offering them…
- By: Clare O’Hara
- February 1, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 21:12
Profiting from economic downturn
Over the past year, Nandu Narayanan, founder and chief investment officer at New York-based Trident Investment Management LLC, has generated a return of almost 100%…
- By: Barry Critchley
- February 1, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 20:52
Searching for growth stocks
The “three factors” model developed to determine why different stocks generate different results is used by many analysts. The model considers size (small stocks vs…
- By: Gordon Powers
- February 1, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 20:52
Timing errors affect performance
A paper published in the U.S. in December compares U.S. equity mutual funds’ published performance from 1991 through 2004 with estimates of what investors in…
- By: Dan Hallett
- February 1, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 20:52
Indexing with a difference for cautious investors
The fact that the majority of actively managed funds fail to beat the market consistently is one big reason for the popularity of index investing.…
- By: Jade Hemeon
- February 1, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 20:52
Volatile stocks, credit market woes challenge dividend funds
Canadian dividend funds enjoyed another steady year in 2007, thanks to strong demand for dividend-yielding stocks and a general sense that the global growth story…
- By: Gordon Powers
- February 1, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 20:52
High-yield bond funds look for buying opportunities
High-yield bonds were side-swiped last year, victims of the strong Canadian dollar and the liquidity crisis that ensued from the U.S. subprime mortgage mess. As…
- By: Michael Ryval
- February 1, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 20:52
Performance of mutual fund families in 2007 a mixed bag: Includes Chart
Mutual fund families that feature growth funds, index funds or funds that hedge exposure to the Canadian dollar performed best in 2007. On the other…
- By: Catherine Harris
- February 1, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 20:52
PRODUCT WATCH
Criterion launches U.S. Buyback FundToronto-based Criterion Investments Ltd. has launched Criterion U.S. Buyback Currency Hedge Fund. The fund will invest in equity securities of 30…
- By: Clare O’Hara
- January 21, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 14:21
Balanced growth fund focuses on diversification
Management team at McLean Budden isn’t splashy, but it gets top-drawer results
- By: Diana Cawfield
- January 21, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 14:21
Get set for more disclosure
This year should also see regulatory changes, and growth in funds of funds
- By: Joanne De Laurentiis
- January 21, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 14:21
Ontario eases phase-out of LSIF tax credit
Managers of labour-sponsored investment funds pleased with extension, but unhappy with shortage of VC funding
- By: Alison MacAlpine
- January 21, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 14:21
Explaining risk to investors
As the ABCP disaster shows, advisors have a crucial role to play
- By: Glorianne Stromberg
- January 21, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 14:21
Different approaches on energy stocks, the U.S. economy
While Synergy Focus Canadian Fund has posted great numbers, Trimark Canadian Fund’s longer-term record can’t be ignored
- By: Gordon Powers
- January 21, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 14:21
The hidden value of attending the “right” school
Research shows that fund managers from top universities produce higher returns
- By: Gordon Powers
- January 21, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 14:21
Market-linked GIC products for risk-averse clients
But be aware that returns are either capped at a maximum level or subject to a pre-set participation rate
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- January 21, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 14:15
Equity balanced funds face uncertain markets
The credit market crunch is one thing that has persuaded some managers to be defensive, but others are bullish on equities
- By: Michael Ryval
- January 21, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 14:15
On the lookout for growth stocks in the U.S.
Noah Blackstein seeks companies that boast revenue and earnings growth in the high teens or better
- By: Michael Ryval
- January 4, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 09:40
Hoping for better days in challenging U.S. equity funds
Investors in CI American Value have actually made money; those in AIC Value have not been so fortunate
- By: Gordon Powers
- January 4, 2008 October 30, 2019
- 09:40