HighView Blog

  • Industry Changes + Trends

GrowthWorks launches battle for VenGrowth funds

The recently announced deal reached by Covington Fund II Inc. and all of VenGrowth's retail labour sponsored investment funds (LSIFs)…

  • Industry Changes + Trends

Did VentureLink warn that ‘capital repayment’ feature was no guarantee?

In a recent Globe and Mail column, Shirley Won wrote about how investors in VentureLink 'capital repayment' labour sponsored investment…

  • Portfolio Management

Compass – HighView Fall 2010 Capital Markets Commentary

HighView Financial Group has recently published our quarterly capital markets commentary for Fall 2010: HighView Compass. To read this report,…

  • Family Wealth Planning
  • Industry Changes + Trends
  • Family Office

A Virtual Family Office Solution: The Family Stewardship Council

It has been our experience, over many decades of dealing with families of significant means, that they all have their individual…

  • Industry Changes + Trends
  • Geopolitical + Tax Changes

US Labor Department To Broaden Fiduciary Classification

If you want to get a sense of how the US is moving ahead of Canada in terms of the…

  • Industry Changes + Trends

OSC Reinforces View On Client KYC & Suitability Delegation

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) recently released their 2010 Compliance & Registrant Regulation (CRR) Branch Annual Report. One of the…

  • Portfolio Management
  • Investment Performance and Reporting
  • Family Wealth Planning

Preservation Of Capital With Responsible Growth

At HighView Financial Group, we know that the accumulation of wealth requires patience, perseverance and hard work. It goes without saying…

  • Investment Performance and Reporting
  • Family Wealth Planning

Volatility measures behavioural risk

In his latest Globe & Mail column, Tom Bradley discussed risk and volatility.  Modern finance theory uses volatility, or more…

  • Portfolio Management
  • Family Wealth Planning

Facilitating Excellence In The Management Of Wealth

Our core expertise at HighView Financial Group is asset management.  When managing client wealth, though, the reality is that investments…

  • Industry Changes + Trends

Hedge Fund Redemption Provisions

In recent weeks, we've had the opportunity with some new clients to review some existing/legacy hedge fund security holdings....many of…