Guardian Canadian Short-Term Investment

Benchmark: 50% FTSE 60 Day (T-Bills) / 50% FTSE 30 Day (T-Bills)
Inception Date: 30-Sep-04

Investment Objective

The primary objective of the strategy is the preservation of capital together with earning income through investments in high-quality, short-term fixed-income securities.

Investment Strategy

We use fundamental analysis and other rational measures of value to identify and actively manage high-quality, short-term (less than one year) fixed-income securities issued or guaranteed primarily by governments, Canadian corporations and Canadian chartered banks. We target a weighted average credit rating of “AA”.

The strategy will invest primarily in high credit-quality issues that have been scrutinized for credit quality through an ongoing internal credit quality assessment across qualitative and quantitative factors. Spread analysis and duration-neutral strategies, such as barbell and bullet structures, are used for adding value through sector allocation and security selection.