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Court approves distribution of ABCP funds

An Ontario court has approved a plan submitted by the OSC and IIROC to distribute funds to investors burned in the third-party Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP) fiasco that began in 2007.

By Staff |March 13, 2012

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All “volunteers”, please step forward

Wow! What a busy week. Things started poorly for investors as markets violently adjusted to the prospect of slower global economic growth. China cut her 2012 economic growth target and Europe reported its economy shrank in the fourth quarter last year. Greece also weighed with the lack of progress on the Private Market Initiative (PMI) to swap existing bonds for new bonds.

By David Andrews |March 12, 2012

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Greece has had a “credit event”

It might sound like a bit of an understatement, but the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), has announced that the government of Greece has experienced “a credit event”.

By Staff |March 9, 2012

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Know your infrastructure

It’s important to understand the different classes of assets within infrastructure, and invest according to the growth prospects of the economy in which it operates,

By Staff |March 8, 2012

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Volatility and the individual investor

What does the “new world order” mean for individual investors? Colin Ripsman, vice-president with Phillips, Hager & North, delved into that question at the firm’s pension trustee education seminar last week in Toronto.

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Managing volatility in equity portfolios

Historically, equities have offered superior long-term returns over assets such as bonds and cash—the well-known equity risk premium. The problem for many investors is that equity returns have become exceedingly volatile.

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No let up in China’s demand for luxury

While the European crisis is yet to be fully resolved, emerging markets may regain some of the luster lost in 2011. What’s interesting is how investing in troubled Europe might be among the better plays on the developing world.

By Staff |March 6, 2012

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Market Insights

Court approves distribution of ABCP funds

All “volunteers”, please step forward

Greece has had a “credit event”

Know your infrastructure

Portfolio managers bullish on China

Volatility and the individual investor

Brazil moves up the ranks

Hard landing for commodities as China slows

Managing volatility in equity portfolios

No let up in China’s demand for luxury