Desjardins Financial Security has added Bissett Canadian Balanced Fund and Jarislowsky Fraser Canadian Equity Fund to its Millennia III segregated funds line up.

DFS said the two seg funds offer investors a chance to invest with upside managers who have a proven capability to protect against the downslides of the market.

“The introduction of the Millennia III Bissett Canadian Balanced Fund and the Jarislowsky Fraser Canadian Equity Fund gives investors more choice to tailor investment solutions to their savings objectives,” said Monique Tremblay, senior vp of DFS’s savings and segregated funds group. “The Millennia III Bissett Canadian Balanced Fund is a solid performer that includes the Bissett Small Cap and Bissett Microcap Funds. The Millennia III Jarislowsky Fraser Canadian Equity Fund is a long- term performer with a great track record entirely invested in the Canadian market.”

The portfolio of Millennia III Bissett Canadian Balanced Fund consists of seven Bissett fixed income and equity funds: Bissett Small Cap; Bissett Microcap, Bissett Bond; Bissett Canadian Equity; Bissett American Equity; Bissett International Equity; and Bissett Multinational Growth Funds.

The portofolio of Millennia III Jarislowsky Fraser Canadian Equity Fund comprises the stocks of companies that enjoy solid earnings growth, mainly leaders in non-cyclical industries.