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AGF Market Insight: Investments that Make the Grade

AGF can help your clients’ investments make the grade with the launch of three new funds managed by Highstreet Asset Management Inc. Find out about Highstreet, quantitative investing, how it shapes their process and adds value to returns. Plus learn more about the new funds – AGF Canadian All Cap Equity Fund, AGF Global High […]

By Staff |February 6, 2008

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On The Shelf:

(February 6, 2008) TD Asset Management announced today that it will pull the plug on three mutual funds. The three funds, all based on U.S holdings, are U.S. Blue ChipEquity (currency-neutral fund), U.S. Mid-Cap Growth (currency-neutral fund) and U.S. Small-Cap Equity (currency-neutral fund). TD’s announcement to terminate the funds means no more units will be […]

By Staff |February 6, 2008

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Calls for credit rating agency reform grow

A task force established by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) to study the sub-prime mortgage crisis announced on Tuesday that it wants to see significant reforms in the way international credit rating agencies conduct business, something the task force believes will help prevent future credit crises. The Task Force on the Subprime Crisis, […]

By Mark Noble |February 6, 2008

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Expect another correction soon: Rubin

Not quite a week into February and the markets are as unpredictable as ever. And according to noted CIBC economist Jeff Rubin, it’s likely we’ll see many more ups and downs in the coming months. Rubin says the markets will likely drop another 5%, as North American banks continue with write-downs. “The tandem of falling […]

By Bryan Borzykowski |February 5, 2008

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