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A gimmick ETF that millennials are going to want to own
Soon to hit the markets is a fund that is entirely focused on the 18-to-33 demographic providing advisors with a natural selling point for prospective millennial clients
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Robo advisors proving difficult to regulate
With more robo-advisors in Canada than mobile phone companies it’s going to be increasingly important for regulators to keep on top of this burgeoning field but that’s proving easier said than done
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The one stock clients are dying to own
Home-country bias is most definitely a problem in Canada given the state of the oil business and that’s got advisors looking globally for good stock ideas including a property developer from South Africa
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ETF market primed for liftoff
Global analytics expert suggests ETFs are expected to really take flight later this decade putting mutual funds on the outside looking in
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A rookie advisor’s best way to mutual fund success
An industry veteran has a failsafe approach for rookies when it comes to selecting winning funds and he even comes up with an actual recommendation
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Strategy offers some gains in poor market
With the Canadian market performing so poorly this year there may be on opportunity for advisors to take advantage of a little used strategy
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Wealth management exec sees the future
Although technology continues to greatly change the way advisors do business there are some things that will remain the same whether we’re talking about today or 25 years from now
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BlackRock’s got a problem
The asset manager’s got a lot a good things going for it but one particular area of its business could be in a for little turmoil
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Time to upset the Apple cart
Smartphones sales are plateauing and that means the powers that be in Cupertino are searching for new ways to drive revenues and they just might have found one
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Barclays divests index business
In a move to further trim its non-core operations the bank has sold some of the Lehman Brothers assets it acquired in the financial meltdown of 2008