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As Europe struggles to get its collective fiscal house in order, investors have been extremely cautious. Equities have proven aptly named as “risk assets”, but yields on major “safe haven” bonds have been compressed to nearly negative real returns.
By Staff |December 9, 2011
2 min read
Industry
Remember income trusts? The high-yielding business structures were pretty much obliterated at the beginning of this year as new tax treatment was implemented. But they may be making a comeback, thanks to a new structure devised by PwC.
By Staff |December 7, 2011
Economic Indicators
The uneven global economic recovery will continue to create a two-speed world where emerging economies will persistently outpace those in the developed world.
By Vikram Barhat |December 6, 2011
On the surface, it was yet another week of wrangling over the European debt situation and this time we witnessed a covert, well orchestrated intervention by the world’s most influential central bankers.
By David Andrews |December 5, 2011
5 min read
The recent hammering of the global financial markets, fears of recession and unprecedented deleveraging have heralded a changing of the guard as investment focus moves away from the consumer and into the businesses sector.
By Vikram Barhat |December 5, 2011
Mutual fund investors who stuck it out to the end of November were rewarded with a late-month rally, boosting returns on several equity fund indexes, according to data from Morningstar Canada.
By Staff |December 2, 2011
DC and RSP benefits are completely a function of contributions and the actual investment result for each employee. Employees are responsible for the outcome, not employers, and the pension amount is unknown until retirement. High costs, poor investment decision-making and lack of scale are documented problems with DC plans, which have generally experienced returns 1% lower than DB plans over time, according to a recent Towers Watson study.
December 1, 2011
10 min read
Should investors spend time choosing the best manager, or diversifying?
By Guy Lalonde |December 1, 2011
6 min read
While in Calgary, managing editor Melissa Shin sat down with two portfolio managers from Mawer Investment Management to speak about their process and strategies: Paul Moroz, who manages the Mawer Global Small Cap Fund (pictured, left) and Grayson Witcher, who manages the Mawer U.S. Equity Fund (pictured, right).
By Melissa Shin |December 1, 2011
The theme song for the night could have been “More, More, More”—or rather, “Mawer, Mawer, Mawer”—at the 17th annual Morningstar Canadian Investment Awards last night, as the Calgary based asset manager walked away with eight top awards.
By Staff |December 1, 2011
3 min read
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