by admin | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog, Industry Insights
Managed solutions can be a great investment option for investors looking to streamline the investment process. With managed solutions, the portfolio manager carefully selects a broad range of investments and combines them into one product to provide a good level of...
by admin | Jul 11, 2017 | Blog, Industry Insights
ETFs are quickly evolving into more than pure index replicators As exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to garner attention, the investment strategies available are also growing in numbers and variety. What are they? An ETF is an investment fund that trades on a...
by ext | Oct 18, 2016 | Blog
Mutual fund managers typically use one of two investment strategies: top-down or bottom-up. Top-down The top-down approach begins by looking at macroeconomic data and trends (e.g., inflation, interest rates and economic growth) to determine the regions, as well as the...
by ext | Sep 27, 2016 | Blog, Study Tips
There are two main approaches to investment fund construction: active and passive. Let’s look at the essential features of each. Active Active management involves researching and selecting individual securities in a fund, according to a portfolio manager’s particular...
by ext | Aug 30, 2016 | Blog, Industry Insights
Four reasons investors choose exchange-traded funds An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is, as its name suggests, a fund that’s traded on a stock exchange. ETFs are generally designed to track a particular index or combination of indices. For example, a Canadian equity ETF...
