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Portfolio Management

Guided by Science, Refined by Experience

Your wealth, managed with the discipline of leading pension funds

Many of the world’s largest pension funds have long embraced a predominantly index-based approach grounded in academic research. The objective is simple: to maximize the likelihood of long-term success. We apply that same philosophy to your portfolio, with the rigor, discipline, and expertise it requires. As a result, our approach is less subjective and far more systematic than that of most advisors.

After more than 20 years of using index ETFs, we have refined our methodology and developed “Index-based Management Plus. This approach captures the core benefits of index investing while adding an additional layer of optimization.

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What this means for your portfolio

Greater potential for long-term returns

Greater potential for long-term returns

Index ETFs allow you to capture market returns more efficiently. Supported by the work of three Nobel laureates, this approach is designed to maximize your likelihood of long-term investment success and stronger long-term returns.

Exceptional diversification

Exceptional diversification

Your portfolio is diversified across the world’s major markets, with exposure to hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of individual securities. No unnecessary concentrated bets.

Lower costs

Lower costs

An index-based approach keeps product fees well below the national average, allowing more of every dollar you invest to remain invested and working toward your goals.

Greater tax efficiency

Greater tax efficiency

What matters is not your gross return before tax, but what you ultimately keep after tax. Every investment decision is made with careful consideration of its tax implications.

How discretionary portfolio management simplifies and optimizes your finances

To further simplify and optimize your financial life, we are pleased to offer discretionary portfolio management. Based on parameters clearly established with you in writing, you delegate day-to-day investment decisions to us, in accordance with your objectives and the level of risk you are comfortable with.

  • It is simpler for you: you no longer need to provide verbal approval before each transaction.
  • It is more efficient for your portfolio: we can act quickly and consistently across all client portfolios.

And because your portfolio is managed according to a disciplined investment strategy rather than short-term market sentiment, it is also less vulnerable to emotional decisions that can significantly undermine long-term results.

Why are there so few portfolio managers?

If portfolio managers can offer a higher level of service, why are there so few in Canada?

The portfolio manager designation is among the most demanding to obtain in our industry, with rigorous requirements for both education and professional experience. By working with a portfolio manager, you can be confident that your investments are being overseen by a highly qualified and experienced professional.

Sources:

  1. https://www.iiroc.ca/investors/dealers-we-regulate
  2. https://www.iiroc.ca/sites/default/files/2021-06/f8f7c899-2f61-4f0f-b0d8-e2ca7a8865ff_en.pdf
  3. https://www.cfainstitute.org/en/membership/apply/work-experience-self-assessment
  4. https://mfda.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ClientResearchReport22.pdf
  5. https://www.csi.ca/en/learning/courses/ifc/exam-credits/
  6. https://www.cfainstitute.org/en/programs/cfa/candidate-success-center

How does discretionary portfolio management simplify your financial life?

How Does This Simplify Your Finances?

Based on parameters that are clearly defined with you in writing, you entrust us with the responsibility of making investment decisions in line with your objectives, your risk tolerance, and our professional judgment. Think of yourself as the CEO, while we act as a member of your leadership team, carrying out your vision and reporting back on the results.

It is simpler for you because you no longer need to provide verbal approval before each transaction. It is more efficient for your portfolio because we can act quickly and consistently across all client portfolios. And the benefits extend well beyond that.

  1. More time for you: There is no need to approve every transaction. You do not have to step out of a meeting or return a call while you are on vacation.
  2. Faster execution: Your portfolio manager can act promptly when opportunities arise, even when you are unavailable. Decisions can therefore be implemented when the timing is right, rather than delayed until we are able to reach you.
  3. Consistent treatment for every client: Your portfolio manager can implement decisions across client portfolios at the same time, rather than contacting clients one by one and determining who should be called first.
  4. Greater fee transparency: Portfolio management fees are clearly disclosed and generally based on a percentage of the assets you entrust to us, rather than commissions generated by transaction volume. In non-registered accounts, certain investment management fees may also be tax deductible.
  5. More meaningful conversations: Spending less time discussing individual transactions leaves more time to focus on what matters most, including your personal objectives, tax planning, and short-term financial needs.
  6. Less emotion in investment decisions: It can be difficult for investors to sell an investment at a loss or invest when the news is overwhelmingly negative. An experienced portfolio manager is accustomed to making these decisions objectively and within a disciplined framework. This helps reduce the influence of emotion and keeps portfolio decisions anchored in a proven strategy rather than short-term market sentiment.
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