What makes the Canadian market unique for ETF investors?

March 27, 2023 - 1 minute
Andres Rincon being interviewed on MoneyTalk

Andres Rincon, Director and Head of ETF Sales and Strategy at TD Securities, speaks with MoneyTalk Live providing unique insight into the ETF market. Andres and his team screen hundreds of ETFs daily across different regions and asset classes. In addition to answering viewer questions about different types of ETFs, Andres shares his outlook for 2023 and a special excerpt from new series, Buyside Views at TD Securities.

Key Takeaways

  • Strong growth in the ETF space over the last few years, and yield has been a key growth driver.
  • The majority of flow is still in the passive world, but there's a lot of interest going to asset allocation ETFs, covered call ETFs, and fixed income ETFs.
  • Cover call ETFs take up 5% of all the market in Canada versus 0.5% in the U.S. market.
  • The Canadian market has physically backed Crypto ETFs which do not exist in the U.S. market.

This episode was recorded on February 27, 2023.

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Portrait of Andres Rincon


Director and Head of ETF Sales & Strategy, TD Securities

Portrait of Andres Rincon


Director and Head of ETF Sales & Strategy, TD Securities

Portrait of Andres Rincon


Director and Head of ETF Sales & Strategy, TD Securities

Andres Rincon heads ETF sales and strategy at TD Securities. His ETF team advises both institutional and wealth investors on the ETF landscape and strategies, publishes a broad array of ETF publications, and works with TD's ETF market making team in facilitating ETF orders. Andres joined TD Securities in 2008, first managing credit risk for the dealer, and later as a member of the Equity Derivatives division. He later took on the task of expanding TD Securities' ETF sales and strategy platform. He is also a Chartered Market Technician (CMT).