Margach joins as vp and portfolio manager
Over 95% of investment managers say the Canadian market is either fairly-valued or overvalued
Active managers lag their passive counterparts over a one-, three-, and five-year period
Managers remain guardedly optimistic for an economic and market recovery
Merrill Lynch’s monthly Survey of Fund Managers found investors have taken their most negative stance towards equities in a decade, with 27% underweight the asset class in June.“Investors’ fears of stagflation have crystallized as they face up to the possibility that interest rates might have to rise as the global economy slows,” it notes. As […]
Evidence points to possible sell off in bonds as inflation worries mount
Less than 20% of large cap Canadian equity investment managers beat the benchmark in the first quarter of 2008, according to new data from Russell Investments Canada.That was down from 41% in the fourth quarter of 2007 and was the lowest level since 1999, when Russell began to closely monitor such data. As a result, […]
Aletheia Research, Metropolitan West join product line-up
AGF Funds Inc. announced that effective today portfolio manager Caterina Prato is joining industry veteran Bob Farquharson on the AGF Canadian Small Cap Fund and AGF Funds Inc.’s portion of Harmony Americas Small Cap Equity Pool.Prato is an experienced member of AGF’s North American equities team and already manages AGF Canada Class, AGF Canadian Stock […]
McIntyre named CIO