Does hiring sub-advisors abroad improve international mutual fund performance? Last Thursday night, a paper seeking to answer this question was awarded the CFA Society Toronto and Hillsdale Canadian Investment Research Award. The purpose of the award is to advance investment management through practitioner-relevant research in Canadian capital markets. “Our objective was always to try to […]
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Canadians have accumulated savings of $1 trillion in mutual funds, marking the first time in their 82-year history in Canada that funds have topped this milestone.
BlackRock has filed a preliminary prospectus to sell a series of balanced mutual funds in Canada.
The Lipper Fund Awards were handed out Tuesday night in Toronto to Canada’s top mutual funds.