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100

Which fund's daily dist. yield is 8.3%?

Floating Rate

100

How much does HFXI cost?

20bps

100

What does Sharpe Ratio measure?

Risk-adjusted returns

100

What country is Fiera's home office located and where is their SMID equity desk located?

Canada and Ohio

100

What was MacKay Municipals name before the NYL acquisition?

Mariner Municipal Managers

200

Which fund uses the "No preferred habitat" approach?

Winslow Large Cap Growth Fund (MLAIX)

200

Which ETF outperformed SPY by 599bps through Q2 this year?

IQSU

200

What is upside / downside capture, and do you want them to be higher or lower?

Upside capture: (higher) Ratio of strategies performance compared to bench in up markets

Downside Capture: (lower) Ratio of performance in down markets

200

Ticker for Fiera SMID Growth mutual fund (I-share)?

APSGX

200

What year did MacKay Shields get acquired by NYL?

1984

300

What ETF is Infrastructure Bond's top competitor?

BAB

300

What Index does QAI now track?

Barclay Hedge Fund Index

300

What does active share measure?

Difference between a portfolio's holdings and its benchmark index. 

Mathematically, it is calculated as the sum of the difference between the weight of each stock in the portfolio and its benchmark weight, divided by two.

300

The SMID strategy names what two styles of growth?

Emerging and stable growth

300

What year was NYL (insurance) founded?

1845

400

What are the 4 kicker funds + the new addition?

CBRE Global Infrastructure

MacKay Strategic Muni Allocation

WMC Enduring Capital

WMC Value

Fiera SMID Growth Fund

400

Which ETF is is roughly a 50/50 split of Global Infrastructure and Global Real Estate?

IQRA

400

What is a taxable muni / why are they issued?

 The U.S. tax code strictly limits the volume of tax-exempt municipal bonds for each of the thousands of issuers, and restricts the eligible purposes for issuing them. Issuers that need to issue more debt than allowed, or to fund a non-permitted purpose, tap the taxable municipal bond market.

400

Which Fiera SMA has a $3 million minimum?

Tax-advantaged core +

400

What year did NYLIM bring on Candriam?

2014

500

Which Fund has Constellation Software as the only tech holding?

Enduring Capital

500

What is the percentage breakdown of each sector in GRES?

Energy 30%, Metals 30%, Agriculture 30%, Timber 5%, Water 5%

500

Name the Product Management contacts for: 

Munis

Equities (CBRE / Wellington)

Taxable fixed income

ETFs

Candriam/ESG

Munis: Jon Dowiak

Equities (CBRE / Wellington): Lucas Savocchi 

Taxable fixed income: Adam Schrier

ETFs: Dan Peterson

Candriam/ESG: Maria Rahni

500

Cost of Fiera SMID Growth Fund (I-share)?

80 or 85bps

500

Who has the best hair at NYLIM?

Wojo

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