The recent summit in Singapore between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un has raised mixed reactions from the investment world. “No doubt, you’ve heard the criticisms of the outcome [of the summit], that the agreements signed by President Trump and Kim Jong Un are too vague, that no new commitments came […]
Investors eyeing gold as inflation concerns rise
As inflation is back on institutional investors’ minds, some are eyeing an allocation to gold, both directly and through companies with exposure to the metal, according to one investment manager. “We’re actively having a lot of conversations right now with institutions,” says John Ciampaglia, chief executive officer of Sprott Inc. “What we’re finding is a lot more reception […]
A number of North American asset managers and pension funds, including the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, have come together to introduce an investor advisory group as part of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board. The group will aim to improve the quality and comparability of sustainability-related disclosure to investors, thereby enabling investors to develop a more […]
Exchange-traded funds are gaining ground. According to the London, England-based research and consultancy firm ETFGI LLP, assets invested in ETFs and exchange-traded products listed globally reached about US$3.1 trillion at the end of May 2016. Greenwich Associates’ 2015 study of Canadian institutional ETFs showed institutional users of ETFs had invested an average 21 per cent […]
ETFs hit a few important new milestones this year. They turned 25 (the first ETF was born in Toronto in 1989), their assets surpassed those of hedge funds (US$2.97 trillion) and, as of June, more ETF shares had traded hands in one year than the entire U.S. GDP.
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Top ways Canadian institutions are using ETFs.