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Hedge convergence

(January 2007) There is convergence between traditional and hedge investing, folks. Says who? Blake Grossman. Blake who? Grossman, chief executive of Barclays Global Investors, the world’s biggest money manager, that’s who. Says he in a recent Financial Times interview: “The notion that there is a traditional way of investing that is long only, and then […]

By Pierre Saint-Laurent |January 3, 2007

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Venture capital market slows

(November 2006) The Canadian venture capital industry has become more conservative with its funding disbursement, focusing its relatively scarce capital on later stage financings, according to the industry association. In its quarterly study, the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association reported a continued decline in venture capital investment in Q3, with emerging companies seeing […]

By Steven Lamb |November 14, 2006

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Hunt is on for quality trusts

(November 2006) In the days following Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s announcement that income trusts would face similar taxation levels as corporations, the markets reacted with their characteristic good sense: a mass sell-off of the affected asset, followed by an immediate — albeit partial — rebound in prices. Having time to digest the news, market analysts […]

By Steven Lamb |November 10, 2006

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Lifting the hood

(November 2006) You invest in mutual funds, good, solid, long-only investments that everyone can understand. No surprises, no mystery. Market goes up — money is made. Market goes down — well, the fund’s active manager has presumably preserved wealth through defensive (tactical) positioning. Plain and simple. Not so fast! Did you know that your plain-vanilla, […]

By Pierre Saint-Laurent |October 31, 2006

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