Targeting China’s untapped potential
Resources, infrastructure, domestic consumption and exports are key areas of concentration
- By: Gordon Powers
- May 2, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 13:07
Latest news in Focus on Products
DSC option for Sarbit U.S. Equity Trust
Winnipeg-based Sarbit Asset Management Inc. has introduced a deferred sales charge purchase option for Sarbit U.S. Equity Trust. “We have created a DSC schedule option…
- By: Lara Hertel
- May 2, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 13:07
Caldwell severs ties with fund manager
Toronto-based Caldwell Mutual Funds has ended its relationship with New York-based Strategy Asset Managers, which had been providing investment advice for Caldwell Balanced Fund and…
- By: Lara Hertel
- May 2, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 13:07
Two global balanced funds worth considering
Trimark Global Balanced Fund and Mackenzie Cundill Global Balanced Fund both boast impressive long-term records
- By: Gordon Powers
- May 2, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 13:07
CIBC Asset Management changes yearends
CIBC Asset Management Inc. will move forward the financial yearends of five families of mutual funds it manages. Pending regulatory approval, the yearends of Renaissance…
- By: Lara Hertel
- May 2, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 13:07
Fairway files preliminary prospectus
Toronto-based Fairway Advisors Inc. has filed a preliminary prospectus for Long Reserve Life Resource Fund. The closed-end fund will invest in a range of commodities,…
- By: Lara Hertel
- May 2, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 13:07
Currency hedging can help boost fund returns
The strategy offers investors protection against a rising C$, but works best over the short term and against a single currency
- By: Jade Hemeon
- May 2, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 13:07
TD Asset Management streamlines fund lineup
TD Asset Management Inc. plans to merge 10 portfolios with their corresponding RRSP portfolios. Effective Aug. 4, 2006, these changes will take place: TD Managed…
- By: Lara Hertel
- May 2, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 13:07
Plenty of life left in the energy sector
Managers still like oil, natural gas producers
- By: Michael Ryval
- May 2, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 13:07
No sales charges on third-party funds
Royal Mutual Funds Inc. has eliminated sales charges on third-party funds sold through its retail branch network. “Enhancing our third-party offerings demonstrates our focus on…
- By: Lara Hertel
- May 2, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 13:07
Single system adds clarity to funds
Morningstar Canada should rethink plans for independent fund classification
- By: Joanne De Laurentiis
- May 2, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 13:07
Proxy rules unfair to investors
Regulators let shareholders down by requiring annual information requests
- By: Glorianne Stromberg
- May 2, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 13:07
Investors thinking globally
After years in the doldrums, sales of foreign equity funds are recovering
- By: Joanne De Laurentiis
- April 4, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 10:18
Globalization expected to boost Asia and Pacific Rim funds
But high energy prices, slow growth in the U.S. market and geopolitical strife elsewhere could be bumps in the road
- By: Michael Ryval
- April 4, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 10:18
Front Street closes fund to new purchases
Toronto-based Front Street Capital closed Front Street Special Opportunities Canadian Fund Ltd. to new purchases, effective March 31. The firm says the fund has reached…
- By: Lara Hertel
- April 4, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 10:18
Two new funds from GGOF
Toronto-based Guardian Group of Funds Ltd. introduced two new funds: GGOF Small-Cap Growth and Income Fund, designed for income-oriented investors, and GGOF Global Diversified Fund,…
- By: Lara Hertel
- April 4, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 10:18
SciVest launches five new funds
SciVest Alternative Strategies Inc. launched five new funds aimed at investors looking for risk-managed products. They are: SciVest Oil Sands Index PLUS Fund, SciVest Income…
- By: Lara Hertel
- April 4, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 10:18
Hope for foreign-equity investors
Trimark and Ivy funds offer different approaches to international stocks
- By: Gordon Powers
- April 4, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 10:18
Morningstar Canada goes it alone
Company will develop its own mutual fund classification system
- By: Jade Hemeon
- April 4, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 10:18
A Blueprint for advisors’ own mutual funds
Custom-design concept may appeal to confident advisors who have a solid stable of high net-worth clients
- By: Jade Hemeon
- April 4, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 10:18
Creststreet files prospectus for energy fund
Toronto-based Creststreet Capital Corp. filed a preliminary prospectus for units of Creststreet enHanced Income Energy Fund. The firm says it will take advantage of the…
- By: Lara Hertel
- April 4, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 10:18
Saxon offers F-class shares
Toronto-based Saxon Mutual Funds plans to offer F-class units for the growing fee-based channel. “We want to go after the fee-based part of the market…
- By: Lara Hertel
- April 4, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 10:18
Revamp fund categorization system
Morningstar’s decision to withdraw from the CIFSC prompts a hard look
- By: Glorianne Stromberg
- April 4, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 10:18
Blend of styles propels TD Canadian Bond Fund
But fund manager Satish Rai says fixed-income funds will have difficulty generating annual returns higher than 5%
- By: Michael Ryval
- April 4, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 10:18
New disclosure rule putting bite on funds?
Rules now require fund companies to express trading costs as a percentage of daily net assets
- By: Jade Hemeon
- April 4, 2006 October 30, 2019
- 10:07