by ext | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog, Careers, Industry Insights
Featured student: Ella Arsenault IFSE course: Officers’, Partners’, and Directors’ Course (OPD) As the financial services industry places increasing emphasis on corporate governance and compliance, the Officers’, Partners’, and Directors’ Course...
by ext | Oct 11, 2016 | Blog, Industry Insights
A very important area of the financial services industry is the capital markets. The capital markets are fundamental to the economy of the country. It promotes economic growth by providing corporations and governments access to capital which enables these...
by ext | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog, Industry Insights
Most people know the basic concept of how mutual funds work: a number of investors pool their money and then a portfolio manager invests these combined assets in a specific market, such as Canadian stocks, U.S. bonds, precious metals, etc. Among their many benefits,...
by ext | Sep 20, 2016 | Blog, Industry Insights
Breaking down the mutual fund management expense ratio The topic of mutual fund fees has been getting a lot of attention lately. As mutual fund fees are taken from the entire pool of investor assets and shown as a percentage (instead of as a dollar figure), many...
by ext | Aug 30, 2016 | Blog, Industry Insights
Four reasons investors choose exchange-traded funds An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is, as its name suggests, a fund that’s traded on a stock exchange. ETFs are generally designed to track a particular index or combination of indices. For example, a Canadian equity ETF...
by ext | Aug 23, 2016 | Blog, Industry Insights
We’re living and working in an era of regulatory change in the global investment industry. When looking at the big picture, it’s important to note that Canada’s regulatory environment has some unique features. The Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) recently...
