Mutual funds

Industry

Manulife Investments makes changes to select mutual funds

Changes include investment strategies and names of funds

By Staff |September 18, 2018

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Industry

IG makes mutual fund changes

Investors Group simplifies mutual fund offering with investment objective changes and mergers

By Staff |September 17, 2018

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Market Insights

Cannabis mutual fund looks to ride the sector’s waves

StoneCastle Cannabis Growth Fund launches Sept. 14

By Mark Burgess |September 13, 2018

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Industry

Capital Group to reduce fund fees, simplify series

Lower administration fees will reduce MERs over time

By Staff |September 12, 2018

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Davis-Rea changes risk ratings for three mutual funds

Davis-Rea Ltd. has changed the risk ratings for three mutual funds. The changes, effective Aug. 27, were made to comply with the CSA’s updated risk classification methodology, the firm said in a release. There won’t be any changes to the funds’ investment objectives or strategies. The new risk ratings are:

By Staff |August 28, 2018

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Vanguard launches international high yield ETF

Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. has launched a new international equity ETF that tracks high-dividend companies. The Vanguard FTSE Developed ex North America High Dividend Yield Index ETF tracks an international equity index that measures the return of common stocks with a high dividend yield, the firm said in a release. The fund focuses on 23 developed […]

By Staff |August 28, 2018

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IGM Financial reports February fund sales and total AUM

IGM Financial Inc. has reported preliminary total investment fund net new money in February of $670.6 million (mutual funds and ETFs). Total assets under management were $156.4 billion on Feb. 28, 2018, compared with $157.5 billion on Jan. 31, 2018, and $146.0 billion on Feb. 28, 2017. Investment fund assets under management were $149.7 billion […]

By Staff |March 5, 2018

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Sun Life and Excel merge funds, announce other changes

Sun Life Global Investments Canada and Excel Funds Management have merged mutual funds and introduced changes to fees and investment objectives in an effort to streamline their product offering, Sun Life said in a release. The changes come after Sun Life announced in September that it was acquiring Excel. Read: SLGI acquiring Excel Funds In […]

By Staff |March 1, 2018

3 min read

Mutual funds

Manulife Investments makes changes to select mutual funds

IG makes mutual fund changes

Cannabis mutual fund looks to ride the sector’s waves

Capital Group to reduce fund fees, simplify series

Fidelity launches factor-based ETFs and mutual funds

Davis-Rea changes risk ratings for three mutual funds

Vanguard launches international high yield ETF

IFIC calls for tax changes to promote global competition

IGM Financial reports February fund sales and total AUM

Sun Life and Excel merge funds, announce other changes