We believe that superior investment strategies and the right asset mix are, over time, the largest potential source of 'added value' to a client portfolio. Our experienced investment team has invested clients' money with the basic objective of exceeding client objectives without incurring unnecessary risk in the process of achieving this goal.
Our pooled funds provide a cost effective means of investing in our core strategies (North American large cap equities) as well as our specialty mandates. Our funds are able to reduce costs through the purchase of larger blocks of securities, lower administrative expenses, and the netting of cash flows which can reduce the frequency of transactions. In addition, pooled funds can provide increased diversification benefits and liquidity. Purchase of each fund is by Offering Memorandum.
Expenses incurred by a pooled fund portfolio are recovered from clients through a reduction in the market value of the units. This ensures that costs are shared on a pro-rated basis.
Two important advantages of the Bellwether funds versus large mutual funds are:
- Our ability to manage the tax effectiveness of the funds since they are dedicated to HNW Investors, Foundations, Estates and Trusts.
- The unit holder recordkeeping of our funds track each unit holder’s allocation of income and capital gains so that each unit holder only pays tax on the income and gains that they actually earned. Typically, new investors in mutual funds that invest close to yearend can receive taxable distributions when they hadn’t earned the income. In effect, they have received a portion of their capital returned to them as income. Our clients don’t have that concern.
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Canadian Stock Fund
The Canadian Stock Fund puts the emphasis on large capitalization stocks with high levels of profitability trading at low relative valuations. Companies with stable earnings growth, strong management teams and sound balance sheets are emphasized.
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Canadian Performance Fund
The Canadian Performance Portfolio places significant emphasis on strong reported short to medium term expected earnings growth. Short term technical growth factors are also used, but have a less significant influence on the selection process.
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Canadian Small Cap Fund
The Canadian Small Cap Fund invests in the stock and trust units of small Canadian companies in order to achieve rapid growth of capital. Portfolios are constructed with companies that are cheaper, grow more rapidly, are more profitable, and meet market expectations compared to companies in a comparable market index.
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US Stock Fund
The U.S. Stock Fund places the emphasis on large capitalization stocks with high levels of profitability trading at low relative valuations. Companies with stable earnings growth, strong management teams and sound balance sheets are emphasized.
All historical returns are before investment management fees, but net of all administration fees and expenses, and assume reinvestments of all dividends and distributions.
Cdn Small Cap Fund inception date is January, 2008. The year to date return for the US Stock Fund includes model performance prior to the fund inception date of June 30, 2007.
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