Industry News

Quebec sets course on regulatory harmony

If Canada is serious about doing away with its regulatory patchwork and moving toward common enforcement of securities violations, it can take cues from Quebec, according to presenters at a Capital Markets Institute forum in Toronto. Stéphane Rousseau, who chairs the University of Montreal’s Centre for the Law of Business and International Trade, noted a […]

By Philip Porado |May 20, 2009

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Briefly:

A full agenda is available on the BetaPro website. BetaPro also announced today, May 20, the filing of a preliminary prospectus for the Horizons BetaPro Double Gold Bullion Fund, which aims to provide liquid, secure and low-cost leveraged long-term exposure to physical gold bullion. The fund can be purchased in U.S. dollars (Class U), or […]

By Staff |May 20, 2009

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Global managers take on risk

Confidence in the world economy has improved, with seven out of 10 money managers believing that the markets will improve in the next 12 months, according to the Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers conducted in May 2009. Average cash holdings have fallen from 4.9% to 4.3%, as portfolio managers moved into equities. And for […]

By Rayann Huang |May 20, 2009

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Altering allocation to account for new risks

Asset allocation deals with a lot of assumptions about the return projection of asset classes and the correlation of assets within a portfolio. Unfortunately, lessons from this most recent downturn mean investors may have to rethink those assumptions, one seasoned asset allocation strategist says. At the recent CFA Institute’s Annual Conference in Orlando, Darren Sasveld, […]

By Mark Noble |May 19, 2009

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