Standard Life International Equity Fund
This international equity fund focuses on large and midsized companies that are not listed on any North American stock exchanges. It is run by Standard Life’s internal portfolio management team and uses a number of proprietary research techniques including management interviews, industry conferences, site visits and a detailed fundamental analysis. The team researches and updates more than 2,000 companies which are then rated and ranked in terms of their opinion of quality as well performance outlook.
Read MoreCI Signature Canadian Resources Fund
Over the past couple of years, higher levels of volatility have become the norm. This has also been true in the natural resources sector, which has seen levels of volatility that have been significantly higher than the broader market indices. The Signature Canadian Resource Fund is one fund that has done a good job managing this volatility, with the lowest standard deviation of all of the resource funds in our coverage universe.
Read MoreDynamic Power Canadian Growth Fund
2011 was not exactly kind to Rohit Sehgal and the Dynamic Power Canadian Growth Fund, which dropped by more than 26% during the year. According to the manager, this underperformance was the result of their overweight exposure in Canada’s growth oriented sectors, an underweight position in defensive names and an underweight in the U.S. market.
Read MoreDynamic Power Balanced Fund
Like other funds that carry Dynamic’s Power label, this Canadian neutral balanced fund is not for the faint of heart. It carries a target asset mix of 50% equities and 50% bonds, although the managers have some flexibility around that. As of January 31, the fund was nearly 60% stocks, 38% bonds and 2% in cash.
Read MoreInvestment Fund Ranking Report – January 2012
You can download our Monthly Investment Fund Ranking Report for January 2012 here. January 2012 Investment Fund Ranking Report
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