Fixed income

Economic Indicators

Look for value in Japan, emerging markets: deVere

What markets to watch this year

By Staff |January 5, 2018

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Industry

Reasons to watch U.S. credit spreads

Tight U.S. credit spreads are beginning to widen as risk gets priced in

December 13, 2017

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Industry

Capital Group launches fixed income fund

Capital Group has announced a globally diversified fixed income portfolio for Canadian investors: Capital Group World Bond Fund (Canada). Read: Longer low for bond yields The strategy seeks to provide a prudently managed portfolio of bonds and other debt securities of global issuers, and can complement equity portfolios. Read: The case for Japanese equities With […]

By Staff |December 7, 2017

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Economic Indicators

More to U.S. corporates than interest rates

Rising rates are less important to corporate bonds than potential tax reforms

November 21, 2017

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Canadian equities drive pension returns in Q3

Canadian defined-benefit pension plans, buoyed by rebounding Canadian equity returns, posted Q3 2017 returns of 0.4%, says RBC Investor and Treasury Services All Plan Universe. This marks the sixth-straight quarter of growth for Canadian pension plans. Q2 total returns were 1.4%. Read: RRSP, pension limits are outdated, report says Canadian equity returns reverted to positive […]

By Staff |November 8, 2017

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Look beyond U.S. for best investing opportunities: report

Heading into the final quarter of 2017, expect Canadian stocks to outperform U.S. stocks. That’s because of “a highly forgiving valuation discount, still robust economic activity and improving commodity prices,” says a Q4 global outlook report by BlackRock, with an introduction by Kurt Reiman and Aubrey Basdeo. Reiman is BlackRock’s chief investment strategist for Canada, […]

By Staff |October 11, 2017

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Industry still waiting for best interest clarity

At the National Institute on U.S.-Canadian Securities Litigation in Toronto this week, regulators and litigators discussed industry developments. Best interest standard at a standstill? Panellists expressed concern about the best interest standard’s regulatory uncertainty and unintended consequences for advisors and firms’ business models. For example, the OSC needs to clarify the difference between a best […]

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Fiera Capital adds to fixed income team

Investment management firm Fiera Capital Corporation has added three senior fixed income professionals. Charles Lefebvre, Luc Bergeron and Tan Vu Nguyen are joining the firm’s fixed income team, said a release on Thursday. The three new team members previously worked together at Optimum Asset Management. Their new titles are: Also read: BoC hikes key rate […]

By Staff |September 7, 2017

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CI Investments launches floating-rate income pool, makes fund changes

CI Investments Inc. has launched the Signature Floating-Rate Income Pool. Read: Low-rate strategies for fixed income The pool invests in a conservative, actively managed global portfolio of floating-rate bonds and leveraged loans, as well as shorter-term, high-yield, investment-grade bonds, which are less sensitive to changes in interest rates compared to other fixed income securities. The […]

By Staff |July 17, 2017

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