New Products

Advisor Funds from ING

ING Canada, the Canadian arm of Amsterdam-based ING Group, has launched a new family of mutual funds. The new family, known as the ING Advisor Funds, consists of 18 funds. It comprises seven Canadian funds as well as eleven international and global funds, including four RSP-eligible versions. All funds are available through financial advisors. Information is available at www.ingadvisorfunds.com.

Altamira

Altamira has launched five new 100% RSP eligible funds. The funds—Altamira RSP Health Sciences Fund, Altamira RSP Biotechnology Fund, Altamira RSP Global Diversified Fund, Altamira RSP Global 20 Fund, and Altamira RSP Global Telecommunications Fund—will track, respectively, the performance of the existing Altamira Health Sciences Fund, Altamira Biotechnology Fund, Altamira Global Diversified Fund, Altamira Global 20 Fund and Altamira Global Telecommunications Fund. The launch brings Altamira's total number of 100% RSP eligible global funds to thirteen.

BLC-Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management

BLC-Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management Inc. has launched five new growth funds:

• R Europe Techno-Media Fund & R Europe Techno-Media RSP Fund focus on the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors to give investors access to Europe's digital revolution, world–leading wireless, and specialized semi-conductor companies;
• R Small & Mid-Cap European Fund & R Small & Mid-Cap European RSP Fund provide the opportunity to take advantage of small and mid-cap European growth companies, which tend to respond to their local economy rather than their global industry, thus providing added diversification for investors;
• R Canadian Leaders Fund focuses its portfolio on approximately 30 of Canada's strongest performing companies. The vast majority of these companies are global competitors with the brightest prospects for long-term growth.

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