AGF Management Ltd
AGF Management Ltd
Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower 66 Wellington Street West Toronto, Ontario, M5K 1E9, Canada
800-268-8583
Sector: Financial
Description
AGF Management Limited is a global asset management company that provides financial solutions and investment management solutions to institutional, high net-worth and retail clients across the United States, Asia, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Through its subsidiaries, the company provides and manages fixed income, balanced mutual funds, client-focused equity, mutual fund wrap programs, sovereign wealth funds, corporate plans, endowments, and pooled funds across the globe.
The asset management firm claims to follow a disciplined investment approach and provide exceptional client experience. It is a diversified and independent global asset management firm that reportedly offers innovative solutions to a diverse group of clients.
AGF claims to create long-term value for its shareholders by leveraging its expertise in investment strategies.
AGF’s American Growth Fund is reportedly Canada’s first mutual fund company to invest solely in the United States equities.
The asset management company’s four investment programs include:
• Quantitative Solutions
• Alternative Asset
• Fundamental Active Management
• Private Client
Its fundamental program consists of investment in multi-asset, fixed income and equity solutions and delivers products to individual investors, financial advisors and strategic partners. In addition, it provides the institutions with sovereign wealth funds, corporate plans, pension plans, etc.
The company’s growth equity strategies in Canada focuses on investment in firms with sound free cash flow, supreme management, and demonstrated earnings growth.
However, the U.S. equity strategy is shaped by macro environment and innovation and reportedly focuses on investing in growth companies that benefit from favorable end markets, new products and services.
Its fundamental global equity strategies offer a diverse line-up and investment vehicles consisting of separately managed accounts and mutual funds.
Quantitative Program
To achieve long-term performance and manage volatility, quantitative strategies provide various investment styles to help investors diversify their portfolios and achieve more consistent investment outcomes, the asset management firm claims. In addition, it claims to protect investors' wealth from downturns through its quantitative program.
The company also operates a quantitative platform under the name AGFiQ. The platform provides tailored solutions across different investment vehicles, including mutual funds, separately managed accounts, ETFs.
The asset management company says that the alternative investments provide diversification advantage, reduced volatility and differs from traditional cash or fixed-income investments. In addition, it claims that alternative investment can refer to alternative strategies or asset classes, including:
• Asset classes: Infrastructure, commodities, private debt, infrastructure, and private equity.
• Alternative strategies: It includes market neutral, managed futures, global macro, event-driven arbitrage, and multi-strategy.
The company operates its private client platform through Cypress Capital Management, Highstreet Asset Management and Doherty & Associates. These affiliates provide solutions for pension plans, corporate investors, foundations, endowments, high-net-worth families and other institutional investors.
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