Investments

Foreign buyers boost Canadian, U.S. securities

Foreign investors added $7.4 billion of Canadian securities to their holdings in September, led by acquisitions of federal treasury bills, according to Statistics Canada.

By Wire services |November 17, 2011

2 min read

Industry

Help your clients find balance

Investment portfolios have seen little growth the past few years and unhappy with this outcome investors are now looking at alternative portfolio strategies.

By Vikram Barhat |November 14, 2011

3 min read

Industry

Weekly Pulse: Europe on the right track?

Travelling by rail throughout Europe is considered by many to be a safe, predictable, and efficient way to get from where you are to where you want to be.

By David Andrews |November 14, 2011

5 min read

Industry

Q3 batters active managers

The third quarter of 2011 turned out to be one of the roughest on record for active managers, according to the most recent Russell Active Manager Report, which is produced quarterly and is based on recently released data from over 140 money manager products.

By Staff |November 2, 2011

3 min read

Europe: An argument for active management

Since news of Europe’s banking and sovereign debt crisis broke in the latter part of 2009, sales of European equity funds have been in continuous decline, while the volatility of the MSCI Europe index has increased.

By Rayann Huang |October 27, 2011

6 min read

Fixed-income savvy crucial to portfolio design

We live in very uncertain times where the operative word is caution. And being cautious means being forward looking, says Vinay Pande, chief investment advisor, global markets research, Deutsche Bank.

By Vikram Barhat |October 20, 2011

3 min read

Europe pulls a Jekyll and Hyde

While this week brought us some influential manufacturing and employment data out of the U.S., the driver of the capital markets continued to be Europe. The week had a dreadful start as fears continued to escalate that European governments were ill prepared to deal with the potential fallout from a sovereign debt default, namely Greece.

By Gareth Watson |October 11, 2011

5 min read

Investments

Foreign buyers boost Canadian, U.S. securities

Help your clients find balance

Weekly Pulse: Europe on the right track?

Q3 batters active managers

Hungry for profit

Europe: An argument for active management

Europe on the cheap

Fixed-income savvy crucial to portfolio design

Europe pulls a Jekyll and Hyde

Stick to dividends, look to the U.S.: McIntyre