Posts Tagged ‘IFIC’

Trend of decreased transparency a lose-lose

By Dan Hallett on February 16th, 2011

Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love.  But on February 14, 2011, I wasn’t feeling the love from the mutual fund industry.  On that day, the Investment Funds Institute of Canada announced that it would cease reporting...

Stewardship: common sense not controversial

By Dan Hallett on July 5th, 2010

Morningstar Canada recently introduced its Stewardship Grades for 27 Canadian fund companies.  Media coverage began slowly but picked up momentum.  The Toronto Star’s Jim Daw had some valid critique of the scoring scale.  Then, Tom Bradley...