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Desjardins reduces management fee for certain ETFs

Desjardins Global Asset Management Inc. (DGAM), acting as manager and portfolio advisor of Desjardins ETFs, is reducing management fees for some ETFs, effective August 23, 2017, as shown in the table below. Read: Advisors who don’t discuss fees risk losing clients: survey Desjardins Canadian fixed income ETFs Ticker symbol (TSX) Current management fee % New […]

By Staff |August 22, 2017

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What OAS at 65 means for younger generations

All clients are affected, not only those in their 60s

By Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |August 22, 2017

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Unigestion joins MFEX platform

Asset manager Unigestion has expanded its fund distribution network by joining the Mutual Funds Exchange (MFEX) platform. The new agreement means that all Unigestion’s Uni-Global SICAV sub funds and share classes are now listed on the MFEX platform, which offers 50,000 funds to investors in 30 countries globally. Read: Look for these fastest-growing emerging markets […]

By Staff |August 21, 2017

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Advisors who don’t discuss fees risk losing clients: survey

More than a fifth of affluent millennial clients say they expect to leave their current advisory firms within the next 12 months, a J.D. Power survey shows. And, for many clients, fee transparency will be a primary reason for leaving. The survey found that, while advisors risk losing clients by not adequately disclosing fees, milliennials […]

By Staff |August 17, 2017

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