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.

Canso Corporate Bond Newsletter – July 2021

The World of Possibilities There is hope for us all, if sports are our guide. Montreal made it to the Stanley Cup Finals. England hosted the Euro Cup and made it to the final. The 2020…

CANSO CREDIT INCOME FUND – RECIRCULATION OF CLASS A UNITS (TSX Ticker: PBY.UN)

TORONTO, June 18, 2021 /CNW/ – Lysander Funds Limited announces that Canso Credit Income Fund (the “Fund”) intends to recirculate Class A units of the Fund (TSX ticker: PBY.UN) tendered for redemption under the Fund’s annual…

Do Concerns of Rising Inflation and Interest Rates Have Your Fixed Income Down?

Lysander Funds Audio Update Featuring Slater Asset Management Doug Grieve, President & Portfolio Manager at Slater Asset Management Inc., joins Ian Marthinsen, Portfolio Strategist at Lysander Funds, to discuss how Canadian preferred shares could be…

Canadian Preferred Shares – Can the Positive Trend Continue?

Lysander Funds Audio Update Featuring Slater Asset Management Doug Grieve and Ian Marthinsen discuss the strength of Canadian Preferred Shares. Is there still room to run? Doug Grieve – President & Portfolio Manager at…

Now is Not a Bad Time to Own Bonds, Although it May Be a Bad Time to Own Conventional Bond Strategies

Ian Marthinsen

The Times Are a Changing The first quarter of 2021 was a wake-up call for bond investors. Fuelled by speculation of a post-COVID economic boom and soaring inflation expectations, interest rates1 jumped and led to a…

Canso Market Observer – May 2021

The very first thing a university student learns in Economics 101 is that an economy exists to efficiently allocate scarce goods. A corollary is that a financial system exists to allocate the scarce capital of an…

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