Insights

At Lysander Funds we strive to inform and educate Canadian investors. In this section you'll find resources that highlight the thinking of our Portfolio Managers.

What’s an LRCN AT1 bond?

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LRCN AT1 bonds are unsecured, long-dated hybrid securities meant to enhance banks’ core capital base, offering higher yield - and higher-than-usual risk for bank debt.

How does the bond market price inflation risk?

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It’s a simple question, but as Lysander’s Ian Marthinsen notes, there’s no simple answer.

Bond spreads reflect the relative risks of different bonds and are the most common way that market participants compare the value of one bond to another, much like “price-earnings ratios” are used for stocks.

Tax slip info to help investors prepare for tax season

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Want to understand T3 and T5 tax slips? Here’s how to make sense of investment tax slips, when to expect them and what to do with the information they contain.

How mutual fund distributions affect investor returns

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Distributions can be confusing, but investors need to understand how they work in order to get a clear picture of actual fund returns and know why when they buy matters.

Lysander Announces Cash Distributions for the Lysander-Canso ActivETFs

TORONTO, February 21, 2023 /CNW/ – Lysander Funds Limited (“Lysander”) announces the February 2023 cash distributions for each of Lysander-Canso Corporate Treasury ActivETF and Lysander-Canso Floating Rate ActivETF (TSX Symbols: LYCT and LYFR, respectively) (each, an “ETF” and collectively, the “ETFs”). Unitholders…