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.

The Dot Plot Thickens

The Federal Reserve’s dot plot was created in 2012 post the financial recession of 2008 / 2009. In 2012, like recent times, interest rates were virtually at zero. The dot plot was created to give Fed…

Understanding the Value of Limited Recourse Capital Notes vs. Preferred Shares & Traditional Bonds

Ian Marthinsen

Part-Bond-Part-Preferred Share On July 28th, 2020, the Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”) introduced the first Limited Recourse Capital Note (“LRCN”) to the Canadian marketplace. Nearly two years later (as of the time of writing), the LRCN…

Lysander‐Slater Preferred Share ActivETF Announces Cash Distributions

TORONTO, April 19, 2022 /CNW/ ‐ Lysander Funds Limited (“Lysander”) announces the April, May and June 2022 cash distributions for the Lysander‐Slater Preferred Share ActivETF (TSX Symbol: PR). Unitholders of record at the close of business…

Canso Credit Income Fund Announces Distribution

TORONTO, April 14, 2022 /CNW/ – Lysander Funds Limited announces that Canso Credit Income Fund (TSX: PBY.UN) will pay a monthly distribution in the amount of $0.04166 per Class A Unit and per Class F Unit…

Canso Corporate Bond Newsletter – April 2022

The Day the Music Died Historically, war or a large corporate insolvency, or both occurring at the same time, would have roiled the global capital markets. The invasion of Ukraine and the Evergrande restructuring are impacting…

Canso Market Observer – April 2022

The first quarter of 2022 saw the violent invasion of Ukraine by Russia. This upended the peaceful order in Europe that existed after the end of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the NATO…

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