Financings were strong in Q1, but will likely be much weaker in Q2
The association has proposed an immigrant investor program to help the economy recover from Covid-19
European investors lead the charge into Canadian debt
There were positive portfolio flows in the month
Low-fee global equity ETFs can track thousands of names
They added $12.9 billion worth of bonds during the month
The outflow was largely the result of M&A activity in Canada
StatsCan reports the decline was spurred by stock market weakness
Oil prices, a lack of foreign investment and trade woes have contributed to declines
Investors sold off money market securities and Canadian equities, and added bonds