Industry News

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Claymore Investments has announced that its Premium Money Market ETF has shifted to a T+1 settlement regime, putting the product on an equal footing with money market securities and mutual funds. “We have worked hard with the Toronto Stock Exchange to be able to provide this feature,” said Som Seif, president and CEO, Claymore Investments. […]

By Staff |April 14, 2009

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CAIA acquires Canadian hedge fund site

One of internet’s most influential alternative investing sites, the Canadian-based AllAboutAlpha.com has been acquired by U.S.-based Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association. The Toronto-based AllAboutAlpha.com, which was founded by hedge fund commentator, Christopher Holt in 2006, is a blog format education site that covers a number of sectors in the alternative investment space. Some of this […]

By Mark Noble |April 14, 2009

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Where compliance meets risk

For many, compliance is about know your client forms and trade blotters — that which is circumscribed by securities regulation. That model, however, may well be broken, not so much because of what it prescribes, but because of what it leaves out. The financial crisis has highlighted two issues. The first is that risk comes […]

By Scot Blythe |April 14, 2009

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REITs debate growth versus income

Like most of the real estate investment industry, real estate investment trusts (REIT) are struggling. They have an additional hurdle, which is deciding whether to continue to pay out substantial tax-advantaged distributions to income investors, or cut payouts and save money for future growth. To cut or not to cut became a subject of panel […]

By Mark Noble |April 14, 2009

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