Mutual funds

Most foreign financial institutions have identified wealth management as a prime focus with investable assets estimated to double over the next few years.

While several analysts are bullish, not all are convinced of the Canadian asset manager’s newfound strategy.

Despite long-term outperformance, many of the leading 20 have suffered short-term losses.

The fund manager will provide investing and savings accounts and debit cards to 13- to 17-year-olds whose parents are clients.

“Some assets are cheap for a reason,” an expert says.

Home to more than $3 trillion, outperformance among the leaders comes with some caveats.

Aside from their rock-bottom fees, those with the largest gains have at least one commonality: asset allocation.

If Biden’s proposal is enacted, Nir Kaissar writes many investors will dump their funds to avoid paying a higher tax down the road.

The lineup of exclusively short-duration fixed-income products, taxable and municipal, still managed an overall gain.

The top 20 performers nearly doubled the gains of their peers over the period.