Will ETFs continue to elude MFDA advisors?
How dangerous are synthetic ETFs in Canada? No one knows.
ETFs are thriving in the Canadian marketplace.
In the now-iconic scene set in Katz’s Delicatessen in New York City, a woman of some years mischievously asks her waiter to bring her the rye and pastrami sandwich she assumes was responsible for Meg Ryan’s character Sally’s head-turning display of euphoria. Portfolio envy is a lesser-known form of a similar syndrome.
Targeting 2% of the market is unheard of, but that’s what EdgePoint Investment Group, which celebrates its first fund’s third birthday in November, does. We interviewed founders Tye Bousada and Geoff MacDonald to learn why.
The Canadian exchange-traded fund (ETF) market has reached adolescence, and hair is starting to sprout on its chin.
Two advisors weigh the merits of passive investing
Horizons Exchange Traded Funds and BetaPro Management have announced the launch of the Horizons Australian Dollar Currency ETF, which offers investors direct access to foreign currency investing. “The Australian dollar has been one of the top performing currencies over the last couple of years, benefitting from attractive interest rates, the country’s rich natural resources and […]
Jovian Capital Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its exchange traded fund business to South Korea’s Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. “We are pleased to have reached an agreement with Mirae,” said Philip Armstrong, CEO of Jovian. “Since our initial investment in this start-up company in 2006, the ETF business has […]
Target-date or lifecycle funds (TDFs) simplify investing by automatically reducing equity exposure as a target retirement date or a student’s anticipated university enrolment approaches.