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Clients favour real estate investments

When it comes to alternative investments, your clients prefer real estate over hedge funds and commodities, finds an AIMA survey. Read: Regulators sign MOUs with Europeans on alternative investments In fact, real estate had a neutral to favourable view from investors, with none citing it as very negative and the bulk noting it as positive […]

By Staff |September 11, 2013

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Help clients dissect the healthcare sector

The healthcare sector is dynamic.

September 10, 2013

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Lackluster summer for Canadian ETFs

It was a slow summer for ETFs in Canada.

September 9, 2013

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The benefits of ETF fee transparency

ETFs present a special challenge to the advisor when it comes to generating revenue: they act like a mutual fund, but don’t pay a trailer. They’re exchange-traded and commission-based, but have lower turnover than individual stocks. That said, the more actively traded the ETFs, the more a commission-based model can work.

By Guy Lalonde |September 6, 2013

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