Market Insights

Water fund focuses on delivery, not control

(March 2007) Since it’s a basic requirement of life, the notion of commoditizing water can make people uncomfortable. As a commodity, it has no replacement, nor can consumers simply strike it from their daily lives. But with climate change, natural disasters and sheer global population growth, there is no question that clean, fresh water is […]

By Steven Lamb |March 1, 2007

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In the green

(January 2007) Everyone talks about the weather, and now people say they want to do something about it. In Canada, environmental issues top health care as our number-one worry. CEOs are getting into the scene by saying it’s time to do more to protect against climate change. Even U.S. President George W. Bush is pushing […]

By Mark Brown |January 25, 2007

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Analysts sour on Radlo departure

(December 2006) Fidelity Investments has been forced to shuffle its lineup of managers, after the sudden departure of Alan Radlo. So far its succession plans have met little enthusiasm. Radlo managed more than $9.6 billion in assets, just under a quarter of Fidelity Canada’s total assets of $38.8 billion, including the Fidelity Canadian Growth Company […]

By Steven Lamb |December 22, 2006

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Sentiment mixed on future of trusts

(December 2006) A month after the federal government’s about-face on tax policy, there is still no consensus on the future of income trusts. But there does seem to be sufficient doom and gloom to go around. A new poll released by Deloitte shows that most executives think the sector will collapse by 2011, when federal […]

By Steven Lamb |December 11, 2006

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