Desjardins Securities: Your Partner in Prosperity
We decided to join Desjardins Securities in 2006. While maintaining our independent philosophy and freedom of action, we wanted our clients to benefit from this institution’s extensive professional research capabilities, the financial stability it provides and the resources that only a group belonging to the Movement Desjardins can offer.
For the past six years, we have had ties with Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), whose head office is located in Santa Monica, California. In addition to its institutional clientele, DFA works with top financial advisors in the United States, Great-Britain, Australia and Canada. It should be noted that DFA funds are not available to the general public. DFA strategies are offered only to selected financial advisors. We use DFA’s high-quality research produced by reputable analysts for the benefit of our clients.
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As soon as exchange traded funds (ETFs) were created, Barclays Global Investors became a global leader in this field. When Barclays began their operations in Canada, we developed a business relationship with them and were among the first portfolio managers to offer their strategies to clients. In 2009, Barclays and BlackRock created a unified global business and had assets under management of 3.5 Trillions (USD).
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We also deal with a number of other specialized financial institutions, such as Vanguard, a pioneer in indexing strategies and State Street Global Advisors.