Kevin Van Dyk, Managing Director at BULLWEALTH, engages Dr. Ian Mortimer, co-Portfolio Manager of the Guinness Global Equity Income Portfolio to discussed Guinness’ investment philosophy, process, and strategy, highlighting the team’s focus on identifying companies that have consistently grown dividends over the past 10 years. Ian explains that not all dividend-growing businesses are alike, sharing the specific criteria his team uses to select high-quality companies. Ian also describes their...

Randy Gunn, BULLWEALTH’s Vice President & Portfolio Manager, speaks with Jordan Matters, a Partner at Leyland & Matters Private Client Insurance Advisors. Jordan and his team advise successful business owners and entrepreneurs and high net worth families in helping them to protect and transition their wealth to the next generation, while also enhancing their legacies. During Randy and Jordan’s discussion, they explore how Canadians are using life insurance to retain more wealth within...

Today, Kevin Van Dyk, BULLWEALTH’s Managing Director, introduces you to BULLWEALTH’s newest partner, Denisa Farrow. Denisa joined BULLWEALTH after many years in the investment advisory and consulting, and investment management arenas where she has worked with and advised many families and not-for-profit organizations and pension plans on their investment portfolios and overall wealth decisions. Kevin’s conversation with Denisa is wide-ranging and covers many topics from who Denisa is and how...

Today, Randy Gunn, BULLWEALTH’s VP & Portfolio Manager, speaks with Walid Hejazi, a Professor of International Business, and Economic Analysis at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Walid has been published in the Globe & Mail, the Financial Post and the Toronto Star, along with other globally recognizable publications. And, most recently, Walid and his co-author published a book called Everybody’s Business: How to Ensure Canadian Prosperity Through the...

Kevin Van Dyk, one of BULLWEALTH’s Managing Director’s, and Sean Yuile from Manitou’s Canadian Equity investment team discuss how Manitou’s Canadian equity team implements a high-quality investment philosophy that has resulted in long-term outperformance and excellent downside protection by investing in growing companies that have a discounted value. Sean describes Manitou’s investment philosophy and process around searching for and investing in Grade A companies and how the portfolio’s cash...

Today, Randy Gunn, BULLWEALTH’s Vice President & Portfolio Manager, speaks with Scott Armstrong, an author, speaker and coach to business professionals and athletes who are in the process of transitioning to retirement. Scott has a passion to redefine the word retirement by helping people recognize that the next stage of our lives is an unparalleled opportunity. He believes that once we retire, we can then aspire to uncover hidden adventures and social connections that leave us all...

Randy Gunn, BULLWEALTH’s VP & Portfolio Manager, speaks with Jeanette Bock, Founder and Senior Transition Specialist at Fluid Senior Transitions. Jeanette has over 30 years of listening, planning and solving the challenges of transitioning to our later stages of life. Randy and Jeanette begin their conversation by discussing the difference between long-term care and retirement living, then discuss where some of us may make mistakes as we age and forget to plan, or plan too late, for this...

Kevin Van Dyk and Randy Gunn, two of BULLWEALTH’s Portfolio Managers, and Julian Smith, BULLWEALTH’s CEO, share some of our observations from 2023. Our discussion will be joined by Savva Cherdantsev, BULLWEALTH’s Director of Research & Investments. Our discussion will focus on how shifting interest rates have impacted the fixed income markets, why education is a key focus of BULLWEALTH’s interactions with our clients, why select global equities outperformed others, how to reallocate to...

Today, we welcome back Sharon Avery, CEO of Toronto Foundation, to share her thoughts as to where community foundations are assisting Canadians by giving through multiple vehicles, ideas of where to donate – Both big and grassroots organizations, and trends within the philanthropic sector such as giving circles or group giving to help solve some of our communities’ largest issues. Sharon speaks to Randy Gunn, one of BULLWEALTH’s Portfolio Managers, in an insightful discussion that we hope...

Kevin Van Dyk, one of BULLWEALTH’s Managing Director’s, and two members of Fiera’s Canadian Equity investment team, Tony Rizzi and Nick Trottier discuss how the team implements a high quality, strong valuation philosophy that has resulted in long-term outperformance and excellent downside protection when volatility rises throughout the global capital markets. Tony and Nick describe why their team’s extreme focus on companies with excellent management teams, low debt, strong earnings and...

Randy Gunn, BULLWEALTH’s VP & Portfolio Manager, speaks with Anne Brayley, a Philanthropic Advisor to many families about Strategic Philanthropy. Randy and Anne begin their conversation by discussing the importance of philanthropy in Canada and to both those who give and those who receive. Then, Anne explores the idea that ‘Strategic is Intentional’ when families decide to give and the different options available to Canadians in the charitable sector. One of these options is via...

Randy Gunn, BULLWEALTH’s Client Strategist, speaks with Barbara Stewart, one of the leading researchers of women in finance and who is recognized worldwide for her work. Prior to Barbara’s current focus, she was a foreign currency trader and a leading portfolio manager with more than 30 years of experience. In today’s podcast, Randy and Barbara discuss how women think about investing and how they communicate about their overall investment goals and objectives. In addition, Barbara discusses...

Kevin Van Dyk, one of BULLWEALTH’s Managing Partner’s, and Jens Hensen, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer at ValueInvest Asset Management, discuss the investment philosophy, process and strategy of ValueInvest’s Global Equity Portfolio. We have known Jens, and ValueInvest, for many years, as their global equity investment strategy is the defensive ballast in most of our client portfolios. Throughout today’s engaging discussion, Kevin and Jens explore how the ValueInvest team...

Randy Gunn, BULLWEALTH’s Client Strategist, speaks with Adam Jagelewski, Managing Partner at TwinRiver, a global impact platform advising high-net worth families, foundations and institutional investors on how to implement a positive social and environmental impact on the world we live in. With over a decade of experience that spans from being the co-founder of the MaRS Center for Impact Investing to a management consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Adam has vast knowledge in how investors...

Savva Cherdantsev, BULLWEALTH’s Director of Research & Investments, interviews Peter Klein, BULLWEALTH’s Chair of our Asset Allocation and Investment Committees, to discuss the importance of asset allocation within an investment portfolio. Savva and Peter explore the role of asset allocation, some of the steps in determining how an optimal asset allocation is developed, biases towards Canadian equities for Canadian investors and the effect of currency within an investment portfolio. Most...

Kevin Van Dyk, BULLWEALTH’s Managing Partner, and Michael O’Sullivan, VP & Portfolio Manager of Fiera’s Industrial Real Estate, discuss the Canadian industrial real estate sector. Michael outlines Fiera’s Industrial Real Estate investment strategy, the opportunities for investors within the Canadian industrial real estate sector, how the industrial real estate market is evolving in terms of tenants and rising rental rates, and why small and mid-bay industrial real estate have significant...

Darren has a particular interest in the intersection of estate planning and family law, specifically when it involves gifts to children when buying real estate and family business succession planning. As Darren discusses, many of these conversations can be challenging, but necessary, prior to you or your children entering long-term relationships. Most importantly, Darren explains his process to help ease these uncomfortable conversations.

Today, Randy Gunn, BULLWEALTH’s Client Strategist, speaks with Amy Castoro, President and CEO of The Williams Group and author of Bridging Generations: Transitioning Family Wealth and Value for a Sustainable Legacy, to explore how different families prepare for the transfer of wealth from one generation to the next. As you can imagine, the transfer of wealth is a very personal and at times, challenging conversation between family members, where expectations and timing can range dramatically....

Kevin Van Dyk, BULLWEALTH’s Managing Partners, and Shawn Bustin, President & Co-Founder of AgriRoots Capital Management, explore the opportunities presented in the agricultural space, specifically how lending to Canadian farmland organizations can deliver both yield to investors and positive benefits to many farmers who have struggled with factors that may be our of their control. Kevin and Shawn discuss various opportunities and challenges of lending to farmland organizations, along with...

Over the past few years, Not-for-Profit Organizations have faced increasing difficulties due to COVID-19 and today, rising inflationary pressures. Randy Gunn, BULLWEALTH’s Client Strategist, and Bruce MacDonald, CEO of Imagine Canada, explore these challenges and some solutions for the future.

Randy Gunn, BULLWEALTH's Client Strategist, explores the importance of Property & Casualty insurance within a client's overall wealth plan. Most of us, when we think about Property & Casualty insurance, we think of the risk that results from the loss or damage to property like our homes or cars, however PNC insurance, when applied in today's context, can protect us against so many other liabilities. Randy speaks with Melanie Wilcox, Chubb's Head of Personal Risk Services, to discuss...

Kevin Van Dyk, one of BULLWEALTH’s Managing Partners, and Christian Deckart, lead Portfolio Manager and co-CIO of Mawer Investment Management, discuss the opportunities and challenges within global small caps, along with its underlying trends, as well as how Christian and his team have positioned their fund.

Kevin Van Dyk, one of BULLWEALTH’s Managing Partner’s, and Greg Romundt, President & CEO of Centurion Real Estate, discuss the multi-residential real estate market and its underlying trends, as well as how Centurion has built its business and manages their properties throughout Canada. With real estate valuations having risen dramatically over the past decade and expected to rise in the future, BULLWEALTH wanted to explore how Greg has positioned Centurion in a rising interest rate and...

Randy is BULLWEALTH’s newest partner and Client Strategist, and joins BULLWEALTH after many years in the investment advisory and consulting, and investment management arenas. Throughout Randy’s career he has spent many years working with and advising wealthy families and not-for-profit organizations on the investment portfolios and wealth decisions. During our conversation, we explore who Randy is and why he joined BULLWEALTH to how Randy advises business owners and their families on their...