Research and consultancy firm ETFGI reports that globally listed assets of ETFs and exchange-traded products reached a new record high of US$2.55 trillion at the end of May 2014. Canada represents US$63.2 billion of those assets. This remarkable growth has also brought changes. ETFs started out [Read more]
Investors have been busy putting their money to work in the markets. According to the Investment Company Institute, mutual fund assets worldwide increased to an all-time high of $30.05 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2013, rising $3.2 trillion over the year due primarily to strong [Read more]
As Benjamin Franklin said, “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Fortunately for some Canadian investors, the latter can be controlled. For those investing outside their registered plans, corporate class funds offer a tax efficient means of [Read more]
