Manal Ali

Manal Ali

Manal Syeda Ali is a Senior Content Specialist at Wealth Professional Canada, producing investing and portfolio management content for financial advisors, investment advisors, and wealth managers across Canada. Her WPC writing covers exchange-traded funds (ETFs), alternative investments — including private real estate investment trusts (REITs) and private debt funds — wealthtech, artificial intelligence in wealth management, and portfolio construction strategy for Canadian advisors serving high-net-worth clients.

She also contributes to InvestmentNews and Benefits and Pensions Monitor across Key Media's portfolio. Manal brings a grounding in both financial markets and journalism to her work, having transitioned to financial media following industry experience and earlier roles at Canadian retail investing publications Advice for Investors and Investor's Digest. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario.

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Tilting the case toward active ETFs for advisors

When volatility, concentration and CRM3 challenge traditional ETF approaches

Tilting the case toward active ETFs for advisors

AI is not a feature: Why wealth management has 36 months to rethink itself

Jeremy Fehr of SIA Wealth on why advisory firms must treat AI as client infrastructure, not a cosmetic upgrade, or risk being displaced by Big Tech

AI is not a feature: Why wealth management has 36 months to rethink itself

From legacy limits to digital alpha: How d1g1t rebuilds the advisor tech stack

Inside the enterprise grade wealth platform giving advisors institutional analytics, scalable operations, and a client experience HNW investors actually notice

From legacy limits to digital alpha: How d1g1t rebuilds the advisor tech stack

Income, repriced: Where advisors are looking now

As institutional capital leans into real assets, Pier 4 outlines how private real estate is increasingly being considered by some advisors as part of diversified income-oriented portfolios

Income, repriced: Where advisors are looking now

Utility ETFs are being rethought as growth meets stability

Rising power demand, infrastructure spending and global diversification are changing how Harvest ETFs positions utilities in 2026

Utility ETFs are being rethought as growth meets stability

Do private REITs have a tax advantage?

Jake Levy of Pier 4 on how private REITs can potentially provide tax efficiency for investors

Do private REITs have a tax advantage?

Canada’s role in a late-cycle market

Beneath lingering skepticism, income, diversification, and competitive returns are making Canada more relevant to portfolio construction than many assume

Canada’s role in a late-cycle market

Independence is not a slogan. It is infrastructure

At PEAK, independence is built into the dealer model, giving advisors clearer workflows, fewer distractions, and more time to focus on clients

Independence is not a slogan. It is infrastructure

Why time, not talent, is now advisors' biggest planning challenge

With meeting prep consuming up to 20 percent of an advisor’s week, integrated platforms and automation tools are redefining how planning gets done

Why time, not talent, is now advisors' biggest planning challenge

How one REIT kept growing while many others hit pause

Why Pier 4's selective property acquisitions and rental market insights continue to deliver stable growth across Canada’s most resilient mid-sized cities

How one REIT kept growing while many others hit pause