New products include target-date RESP funds, covered calls and high-interest savings
Insurance regulators ponder seg fund upfront commissions
Asset managers launched low-vol, covered call and low-fee index funds to start the year
Investors can expect fewer tech launches and greater growth in covered call funds
FSRA also reiterated that it wants clients to be protected from seg fund deferred sales charges, regardless of when the funds were purchased
My Financial Benchmark and Financial Calculators will be in one hub
Evolve launched two index ETFs with covered calls and plans to close its enhanced FANGMA fund
Purpose is first in Canada with single-stock ETFs, while CIBC launched new Canadian depositary receipts
Quebec regulator proposes $5,000 penalty if insurers charge DSCs for seg funds
About $16B is invested in Canadian covered-call ETFs: Horizons