A commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission insists that anyone providing investment advice should be held to a fiduciary standard. In a speech to the Investment Adviser Association Annual Conference in Chicago Thursday, SEC commissioner Luis Aguilar...
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No free lunch with ETFs, unless you’re a disciplined DIY investor
There may be a trend afoot in the industry whereby mutual fund companies launch funds housing exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The first I can recall is the now-defunct Spectrum Tactonics fund (which used technical analysis to trade ETFs) launched in 2001. While many...
The Goldman Sachs Impact On Private Wealth Management
I believe that the impact of the current Goldman Sachs alleged fraud investigation that is playing-out in the media will be a catalyst for long-standing implications for private wealth management in North America. Here’s how I get there….. 1. Investor...
Mutual fund Point of Sale initiative
Advisor.ca reported on my talk at the Strategy Institute Mutual Fund Point-of-Sale (POS) Summit. The panel in which I participated focused on Product Arbitrage – the situation that results when similar products are not treated the same by prevailing rules and...
Investment Policy Statements For Families
A good friend of mine recently told me that he was changing his Investment Advisor. When I asked about the reason(s) why, he simply stated “performance“. When I then asked if his Investment Advisor had not measured-up against my friend’s Investment...
"Canada’s pension funds: stronger returns, at a cost" (G&M April 5, 2010)
This Globe and Mail article speaks to how the performance of Canada’s public pension funds are significantly outperforming their peers in the US. The article caused us some discomfort – readers are misled by the lack of background information about the...
“What Is Stewardship?”
In a recent discussion with a client, I was asked the following question: “What Is Stewardship?” A related comment to this question is typically, “Our organization has plenty of compliance rules and regulations that we follow. How does Stewardship...
Exposure, not speculation, should drive currency decisions
In this Windsor Star article, I provide some basic tips to tackling exposure to the U.S. dollar. In addition to those tips, it should be noted that taking investment action on currencies based on speculation can be a humbling endeavour. Instead, advisors and...
The challenges of passive fee-based advice; market neutral funds
In the April 2010 Investment Executive, I touch on some of the challenges that advisors face in transitioning to an index-oriented fee-based business model. Keep an eye out for my follow-up in the May issue, in which I will outline where advisors can really add value...
Income-generating funds, ETF proliferation
In a recent Globe & Mail article, I recommended two mutual funds focused on generating regular income. In the March issue of Investment Executive, I opine that the ETF industry is following in the footsteps of the larger and older mutual fund...
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