Noushin Ziafati

3 weeks ago | investmentexecutive.com | Noushin Ziafati

It also considers current market realities such as a shortage of high-emitting companies with robust transition plans, the lack of high-quality and consistent metrics available to assess such plans, and no clear definition of what transition finance activity entails. “There is no universal approach to transition finance,” said Yingzhi Tang, one of the lead authors of the playbook and a senior research associate with the ISF.

3 weeks ago | investmentexecutive.com | Noushin Ziafati

“And what we’re doing here is offering basically tools for different types of scenarios.”The new ETFs include:BMO Covered Call Spread Gold Bullion ETF (TSX: ZWGD), which has a 0.65% management fee and “medium” risk rating. The fund provides exposure to gold by investing in the BMO Gold Bullion ETF (TSX: ZGLD). It also employs a covered call spread strategy, aiming to produce monthly cash flow from a traditionally non-yielding asset.

4 weeks ago | investmentexecutive.com | Noushin Ziafati

Roughly $10.6 trillion in investor assets are benchmarked to, or invested in, products based on the Russell U.S. Indexes, including the Russell 1000, Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indices, according to FTSE Russell. (All figures are in U.S. dollars.)The index provider periodically revises the indices to ensure they provide an accurate representation of the U.S. equity market’s composition and performance. This means reshuffling, adding to and removing securities from the indices.

1 month ago | investmentexecutive.com | Noushin Ziafati

Among the first of their kind to hit the Canadian market, the LongPoint funds have been a year in the making. They give investors in Canada domestic access to triple-leveraged ETFs rather than having to seek them out south of the border, said Steve Hawkins, CEO and founder of Toronto-based LongPoint. “It’s very disappointing to see active Canadian investors trading U.S. ETFs when a Canadian ETF equivalent doesn’t exist,” Hawkins said in an interview Friday.

1 month ago | investmentexecutive.com | Noushin Ziafati

It has now scrapped that target, which applied to its portfolio and operations, citing legal developments as one of the drivers behind the decision. “Legal developments are but one variable we considered,” Michel Leduc, senior managing director, public affairs and communications with CPP Investments, said in an emailed statement to Investment Executive. “In reality, we have not changed our approach to climate in how we invest — it’s more about coherence and consistency.