GLC Asset Management

Mid-cap companies tend to be less well-known than their dominant large-cap peers, making in-depth and in-house research and analysis a must. That’s where GLC’s disciplined and well-defined investment processes come in – there are no shortcuts to the hard work of research and deep analysis if you want to find the most attractive opportunities to hold. 

Chris Lane, VP and Bryan Shearer, VP and lead portfolio manager of GLC’s Mid Cap Canadian Equity portfolio add more detail to the types of holdings held within the portfolio in GLC’s podcast: GLC’s Mid Cap Canadian equity portfolio – delivers strong returns, a compelling growth outlook and strong diversification. 

This portfolio invests primarily in U.S. and Canadian companies with strong growth prospects in science and technology related sectors. These growth companies rapidly evolve in today’s marketplace. In short, they are “companies that have changed the world, and companies that are about to change the world!”  

Amin Barakat, VP and portfolio manager Martin Rose, VP Equities, add more detail to the types of holdings held within the portfolio today in GLC’s podcast:  GLC’s Science and Tech portfolio – finding growth opportunities through innovation.

Another record breaker as the day WTI (North America’s most common measure for the price of oil) fell $50 in 2 hours. Listen to GLC’s latest podcast for insights into oil prices.

Brent Joyce, Chief Investment Strategist for GLC, shares his perspective on recent market volatility and events surrounding COVID-19 

Hear about market volatility as Brent Joyce discusses equity and bond markets, market corrections and how events like the coronavirus can affect market volatility.

Not all fixed income is the same, having a sophisticated, diverse mix of fixed income in the asset allocation portfolios is important, especially in the more conservative end of the risk spectrum. 

Listen to Susan Spence, Vice-President of Portfolio Solutions Group discuss Q1 2019 markets and the sophisticated mix of fixed income in the Conservative, Moderate and Balanced asset allocation portfolios that PSG manages.

While we’ve espoused for more than a year that we feel risks are rising due to the prolonged nature of the current market cycle expansion (i.e. the old age of this bull market), it’s also true that, historically, the tail-end of bull markets have been marked by outsized equity market gains.

Is the Chinese economy ready to fly again? Will the U.S. be aligned or at odds with China’s economic and market outlook?

It happened – the dreaded ‘inverted yield curve’. Late in March, financial media lit up with word the yield curve had ‘inverted’. Market pundits hit the air to issue dire warnings for days ahead. So, what’s the big deal?