In an era of heightened volatility, we are expanding the Smart Beta and Absolute Return offering for Quebec investors.
ST GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT Inc. (« ST Global »), an OSC and AMF registered investment management firm specializing in active trading and portfolio management services has entered a partnership with Montreal-based Groupe Financier Signature Inc. (« GFS »), a financial services distribution firm, for the promotion of ST Global’s active investment management programs.
Under the agreement, Groupe Financier Signature will use its unique position and distribution in the Quebec market to rally its investor base behind ST Global’s Smart Beta and Absolute Return mandates. The agreement will enable Groupe Financier Signature’s clients to access a series of traditional investment solutions geared towards registered accounts as well as some alternative investment solutions geared towards non-registered accounts.
“ST Global’s suite of Smart Beta and Absolute Return products is an interesting avenue to diversify investments and run portfolios with risk-return patterns that are uncorrelated to the market. ST Global’s team and expertise draws from a pool of trading and portfolio management talent with centuries of combined experience, driven by a value system that is identical to Signature’s and all put to service our valued clients to the best of our abilities” said Louis-Xavier Savard, President & CEO of Signature.
“Groupe Financier Signature’s unique distribution capabilities, industry vision and market posturing are the absolute right fit for ST Global’s trading, portfolio management and product manufacturing capabilities. We are aligned in both value systems and ambitions and we are confident this will create great outcomes for our clients, democratizing active investment management at a moment in time it is probably the most needed it has been in decades” said Marius Alexe, CMT, President & CEO of ST Global.
Effective immediately the agreement entitles Signature to promote and distribute with unique privileges ST Global’s active investment management solutions in the Quebec market as well as the rest of Canada.