On 1 November 2018, over 800 professionals from Toronto’s investment community attended CFA Society Toronto’s flagship event - The 2018 Annual Investment Dinner. The event returned to the Fairmont Royal York where guests heard from Host and MC, Andrew Willis, Business Columnist at the Globe and Mail, and the keynote and fireside chat experts Mark Wiseman, Senior Managing Director & Global Head of Active Equities at BlackRock, and Shelley O’Connor, Managing Director & Co-Head of Wealth at Stanley Morgan.
Keeping with tradition, members of the audience answered questions about the markets, economic growth, and their predictions for 2019.
The next global financial crisis will be triggered by:
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FANG meltdown
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7.86%
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ETF meltdown
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14.85%
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Trump Meltdown
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28.82%
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If I knew, would I come to this dinner?
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48.47%
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The percentage of managed AUM invested in index equities strategies in 2017 was 17.5%. What do you think this figure will be 5 years from now?:
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<10%
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10.33%
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17.5%
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11.57%
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25%
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66.12%
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>50%
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11.98%
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If ETFs have been the fastest growing sector of the market for the past year, what’s the next big thing in wealth management?
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Distressed debt
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10.13%
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Private equity
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44.05%
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Credit derivatives
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10.57%
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Active management – we’re back!
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35.24%
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What do you think next year’s S&P/TSX equity index will be?
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Less than 13,000 (last year’s bears were wimps)
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25.45%
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In excess of 17,000 (the party’s not over yet)
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30.80%
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Unchanged at 15,500
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43.75
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CFA Society Toronto proudly acknowledges its’ Annual Investment Dinner sponsors
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Platinum Event Sponsor:
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Platinum Corporate Sponsor:
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Morgan Stanley
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Thomson Reuters
The Financial and Risk business of
Thomson Reuters is now Refinitiv
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Gold Event Sponsor:
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Gold Corporate Sponsor:
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National Bank Independent Network
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Horizons ETFs
S&P Dow Jones Indices
TMX Group
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Media contact:
Jonathan Mai, Marketing & Communications Specialist
CFA Society Toronto
Tel: 416.366.5755 X 235
media@cfatoronto.ca
About CFA Society Toronto
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