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While 2015 started on a healthy note for the S&P/TSX Composite Index, a majority of value and dividend investment managers in Canada faced an extra valiant challenge.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has entered into an agreement to buy the with Pacific Global Advisors (PGA) solutions business from Pacific Life for an undisclosed amount.
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Investment managers see a change in U.S. monetary policy as the top risk to equities, and also have concerns about U.S. corporate profits and a preference for non-U.S. equities, finds a Northern Trust Asset Management quarterly survey.
Monetary policy divergence is driving volatility in local asset values in markets around the world and investors should prepare for this volatility to continue, according to a Manulife Asset Management report.
Despite their continued uncertainty over the outlook for global economic improvement in 2015, a Towers Watson survey finds fund managers remain optimistic about investments in equities and alternative assets over the long term.
Vontobel Asset Management has agreed to acquire a 60% stake in TwentyFour Asset Management LLP, an independent fixed income specialist based in London.