Industry News

Global crises curb March fund returns

Investors who held onto Japanese equity funds through March probably know what to expect when they look at their statements this month. The earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis that struck the country took a heavy toll on equity investments. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index finished March with a year-to-date decline of 8.2%, having recovered from being […]

By Staff |April 4, 2011

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Standard Life proposes fund line-up changes

Standard Life Mutual Funds has proposed changes to the investment objectives of five of its funds: Standard Life Global Monthly Income Fund, Standard Life Canadian Dividend Growth Fund, Standard Life Canadian Dividend Growth Class, Standard Life Dividend Income Fund and Standard Life Canadian Small Cap Fund. The goal of these changes is to provide more […]

By Staff |April 4, 2011

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Consumer debt bubble and you

The U.S. economic recovery is well underway. So we can sit back and watch our investment portfolios grow steadily – right? Not so fast. There’s still the pesky issue of a record-high consumer debt-to-income ratio blemishing the otherwise sparkling visage of the equity market landscape, particularly in Canada. The issue is by no means trivial: […]

By Murray Belzberg |April 1, 2011

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OSFI targets bond investors

The federal bank regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), wants bank-contingent capital in the bond index, and has a plan to achieve this objective.

By James Hymas |April 1, 2011

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