Product Watch – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Fri, 08 Nov 2024 20:08:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Product Watch – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 Evergreen funds are gaining in popularity. Here’s why https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/focus-on-products/evergreen-funds-are-gaining-in-popularity-heres-why/ Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:10:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=495954 The funds accounted for at least US$350 billion in global net asset value in 2023

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]]> Balanced funds: How the mighty have fallen https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/focus-on-products/balanced-funds-how-the-mighty-have-fallen/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 04:02:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=481448 Net redemptions doubled between 2022 and 2023

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]]> Structured-outcome ETFs aim to provide more predictable returns https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/focus-on-products/structured-outcome-etfs-aim-to-provide-more-predictable-returns/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=476576 Niche products offer tradeoffs compared to market-linked GICs

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]]> Popularity surges for target-date bond ETFs https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/focus-on-products/popularity-surges-for-target-date-bond-etfs/ Mon, 13 Nov 2023 05:04:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=474687 The products, unique in Canada, are going strong more than a decade after debut

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]]> How much home bias is too much? https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/focus-on-products/how-much-home-bias-is-too-much/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 04:09:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=471299 Two studies examine the right amount of portfolio CanCon

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]]> Brompton introduces split-share corporation ETF https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/focus-on-products/brompton-introduces-split-share-corporation-etf/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 04:07:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=470331 The fund invests exclusively in dividend-paying preferred shares

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]]> Feeding portfolios with agriculture products https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/focus-on-products/feeding-portfolios-with-agriculture-products/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:04:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=461516 Breaking down the options in a largely untapped sector

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]]> Investing in booms without the bust? https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/focus-on-products/investing-in-booms-without-the-bust/ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 04:03:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=454080 CI Auspice ETF targets commodities minus the price swings

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]]> Strange times create opening for short-term products with high yield https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/focus-on-products/strange-times-create-opening-for-short-term-products-with-high-yield/ Tue, 11 Oct 2022 04:17:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=452825 Interest rate hikes have made conservative fixed-income funds more rewarding

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