Investments

Market Insights

How to divest properly

PMs strategize to break up and make up with investments

February 24, 2017

7 min read

Market Insights

The four types of investment risk

What can be diversified away, and what can’t

By Adam Butler |February 24, 2017

7 min read

Market Insights

How to use themes to understand emerging markets

This manager examines a country’s economic development phase before choosing investments

By Jessica Bruno |February 24, 2017

9 min read

Industry

Tired of providing equities advice? Give us your business, startup says

The abundance of investment advice online has been a steady force behind client migration toward self-directed investing. Now an Australian financial data startup, Simply Wall St, is taking a run at the Canadian market, hoping investors will pay annual subscription fees for access to market data, infographics and equities analysis. Simply Wall St launched in […]

By Simon Doyle |February 23, 2017

3 min read

More pension plans using target-date funds as default option

Target-date funds continue to be the most common default investment option offered to members of workplace capital accumulation plans, according to new research by the Canadian Institutional Investment Network and Great-West Life Assurance Co. The 2016 CAP Benchmark Report found 50% of defined contribution plan sponsors and 51% of group registered retirement savings plan sponsors […]

3 min read

Two more managers to launch ETFs as Canadian assets grow

Since the beginning of the year, nine ETF providers have launched a combined 33 new products in Canada, reports National Bank in an industry note. That brings total Canadian ETF assets to $114 billion. Read: ETFs the investment of choice for younger clients Globally, ETFs and ETPs reached a record high of US$3.689 trillion at […]

By Staff |February 15, 2017

1 min read

Hungry for growth? A look at fast-casual restaurants

Freshii Inc.’s initial public offering tapped into the rapidly growing fast-casual restaurant sector, an area expected to see more startups acquired and further IPOs over the next couple of years. The IPO raised more than expected for Freshii, as its initial plan to sell shares for $8.50 to $10 each was revised up to $11.50 […]

By Simon Doyle |February 6, 2017

4 min read

AGF launches ETFs, quant investing platform

AGF Investments has launched AGFiQ Asset Management (AGFiQ), a quantitative investment platform used to build portfolios for specific client needs. And the firm has also entered the Canadian ETF marketplace with seven new Quantshares ETFs, all of which are actively managed by AGFiQ using quantitative research. Read: Fundata award winners announced The new suite of […]

By Staff |January 30, 2017

1 min read

Investments

How to divest properly

The four types of investment risk

How to use themes to understand emerging markets

Tired of providing equities advice? Give us your business, startup says

More pension plans using target-date funds as default option

Two more managers to launch ETFs as Canadian assets grow

Why these two managers wouldn’t buy Saudi Aramco

How to invest with inflation on the horizon

Hungry for growth? A look at fast-casual restaurants

AGF launches ETFs, quant investing platform