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The Lipper Fund Awards were handed out Tuesday night in Toronto to Canada’s top mutual funds. The awards, part of the Thomson Reuters Awards for Excellence program, honour funds that have excelled in delivering consistently strong risk-adjusted performance, relative to peers, as well as fund families with high average scores for all funds within a […]
After being frozen out for 13 months, shareholders of GrowthWorks Canadian Fund might finally get some money back.
Franklin Templeton today confirmed Juliette John left Bissett Investment Management effective yesterday.
CI Investments has made a series of changes to its Lakeview mutual funds, including the appointment of a new portfolio manager.
Morningstar Research Inc., a Canadian subsidiary of Morningstar, Inc., an independent investment research provider, has announced the winners of the 2012 Morningstar Canadian Investment Awards. In its 18th edition, the annual awards are designed to help investors identify the year’s most exceptional funds and fund managers in Canada. This year’s awards gala, held last night […]
As the global ETF industry approaches the $2 trillion mark, the fight for market share has gotten more intense. In the U.S., providers are offering heavy discounts on fees to attract nervous investors, including industry heavyweights BlackRock and Vanguard. Read: BlackRock announces ETF fee cuts However, according to an FT report, industry experts assert providers […]
CIBC Asset Management Inc. launched Class F-Premium units on three funds within its Renaissance Investments fixed-income line up: Renaissance Corporate Bond Capital Yield Fund, Renaissance Canadian Bond Fund and Renaissance Short-Term Income Fund. Subject to an initial minimum investment of $100,000, this new class is available to high-net-worth clients participating in fee-based or wrap account […]
Invesco Canada Ltd. will be closing Invesco Global Equity Fund (Series A, F and I) on December 21, 2012. Unitholders have the option to switch their investments to any of Invesco’s funds or redeem their units. Read: Invesco to merge global funds Also, Invesco’s PowerShares FTSE RAFI Emerging Markets Fundamental Index ETF will terminate on […]
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