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FACEOFF: The best type of indexing

The benefits of indexing may be obvious to some, but there’s debate about which kind will deliver good performance

By Dean DiSpalatro |November 1, 2011

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End of the road for Goldman’s Global Alpha

In the early 1990s, a director in the asset management division at Goldman Sachs approached Clifford Asness (above), a trader of mortgage-backed securities in his late 20s, with a proposal: Would he like to run Goldman's new quantitative research desk?

By Joe Castaldo, Canadian Business |October 7, 2011

3 min read

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Manulife launches new funds

Manulife is expanding global investment options to advisors and their clients by launching 15 new funds.

By Staff |August 24, 2011

3 min read

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Personal Stake

Anne Brayley, vice president of professional advisory services at the Toronto Community Foundation recently spoke with Susan Latremoille, Director, Wealth Management, at Richardson GMP Limited. A member of the Investment Committee at the Toronto Community Foundation, Susan shares her experience with community foundations and their role in philanthropy.

By Anne Brayley |August 1, 2011

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Manulife launches new funds

Manulife Mutual Funds expanded its global-oriented funds with the launch this week of two new emerging markets trust funds and an emerging markets corporate class. In addition, Manulife Mutual Funds has added a new choice for Canadian Balanced investors, as well as several corporate class and trust fund structures, to the product line.

By Staff |May 26, 2011

3 min read

Segregated funds offer protection

By Rod Tyler |March 11, 2011

5 min read

Fund managers expecting lower returns

Survey data released by RBC Dexia and Accenture shows a majority of fund managers expect their company’s return on equity to remain below pre-crisis levels, and many are placing more emphasis on cost reduction and product innovation initiatives.

By Staff |February 7, 2011

2 min read

Segregated funds offer protection

Financial advisors must make investment decisions for their clients based on whatever information is available at that moment, not unlike the physician who must make a diagnosis with limited information about his patient’s condition. The best advisors ask lots of questions and keep copious notes. Most advisors rely on the standard financial planning dictum of […]

By Rod Tyler |February 1, 2011

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