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Recent oil price volatility has raised concerns about managing portfolio risk, particularly when oil and Energy occupies a significant weighting on the TSX 60 and Composite -approximately 27%.
By Rayann Huang |May 17, 2011
5 min read
Products
Regulators are running full-tilt to protect the markets from intentionally abusive as well as unintentionally disruptive behaviour, Miranda Mizan, principal of the TABB Group said during a StreamBase webinar on new requirements for market surveillance. The flash crash of May 6, 2010, which saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average drop almost 600 points in about […]
By Dean DiSpalatro |May 13, 2011
2 min read
Industry
BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc., today announced that iShares, the world’s largest provider of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), is launching the iShares NASDAQ 100 Index Fund XQQ. “This new ETF is an ideal complement to our product line-up in Canada and provides investors access to a number of […]
By Vikram Barhat |May 9, 2011
1 min read
Sun Life Global Investments Inc. has added three new Canadian mutual funds to its lineup, each with a “core Canadian” holding with a global component aimed at countering home country bias. “Many Canadians have a strong home country bias when it comes to investing, however, our market is highly concentrated in just three sectors: materials, […]
By Staff |April 27, 2011
The current state of infrastructure in Canada and its future development compare favourably with the rest of the world. An expert panel at the recent EuroMoney Canada Forum painted a rather rosy picture of Canada’s current infrastructure situation. There were, of course, comparisons drawn between the infrastructure financing in Canada and in the U.S. and […]
By Vikram Barhat |April 20, 2011
3 min read
BlackRock Asset Management has launched six new iShares Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), including income portfolios and global sector mandates. “Investor appetite for sector-specific exposure remains strong as many seek to diversify portfolios by industry,” said Mary Anne Wiley, managing director, head of iShares distribution at BlackRock Canada. “These new funds will offer investors even greater opportunity […]
By Staff |April 18, 2011
BluMont Capital has announced a plan to merge BluMont Core Hedge Fund with Exemplar Market Neutral Portfolio, a class of shares of Exemplar Portfolios Ltd. BluMont says the merger would benefit investors because the Market Neutral Portfolio will provide daily liquidity and lower minimum purchase amounts. It also offers lower management fees and tax-free switching […]
By Staff |April 15, 2011
AlphaNorth Asset Management has announced that the AlphaNorth Partners Fund will implement limitations to new investors. Purchases of the fund’s Class A and Class D shares will be limited to existing investors beginning on July 1st, 2011. The last date for subscription by new investors on the current terms will be June 30th, 2011. “It […]
By Staff |April 14, 2011
AlphaPro Management has announce the launch of the Horizons AlphaPro Enhanced Income Energy ETF and the Horizons AlphaPro Enhanced Income Gold Producers ETF. Each offers Canadian investors access to an innovative covered call strategy on energy and gold company stocks respectively. Both ETFs begin trading today on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols […]
By Staff |April 12, 2011
BetaPro Management Inc. has announced the launch of the Horizons U.S. Dollar Currency ETF, an exchange traded fund that offers investors direct access to foreign currency investing. The U.S. Dollar ETF will begin trading on the TSX on April 7, 2011, under the symbol DLR.
By Staff |April 7, 2011
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