ETFs

Hahn appointed subadvisor to three Jov Funds

JovFinancial Solutions Inc. has announced Hahn Investment Stewards & Company will assume the sub-advisory role for three of its funds, effective April 1, 2011. “Hahn has one of the longest track records in the world managing ETF-only global portfolios,” said Grant Rush, president of JFSI. “With their demonstrated knowledge and experience, we expect our partnership […]

By Staff |March 30, 2011

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AlphaPro offers enhanced income equity ETF

AlphaPro Management has announced the launch of a new exchange traded fund that employs a covered-call strategy on a portfolio of 30 of Canada’s largest stocks. The Horizons AlphaPro Enhanced Income Equity ETF began trading today on the TSX. The ETF manager, Eden Rahim, vice-president and portfolio manager with JovInvestment Management, will write primarily near-term, […]

By Staff |March 17, 2011

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S&P, TSX launch new venture index

TMX Group has teamed up with S&P Indices once again to develop a new index to track the largest and most liquid stocks on the TSX Venture Exchange. The new S&P/TSX Venture 30 Index has already been licensed to New York based, Global X Funds, which will launch an ETF the index on March 17, […]

By Staff |March 14, 2011

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Toronto CFA Society honours Pauline Shum

The Toronto CFA Society has named the first recipient of their newest award, the Toronto CFA Society & Hillsdale Canadian Investment Research Award. The honour goes to Dr. Pauline Shum, finance professor at the Schulich School of Business, York University, for her research paper “The Long and Short of Leveraged ETFs: the Financial Crisis and […]

By Staff |March 10, 2011

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