asset management

A: Norbord Inc., $54.30, symbol OSB on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 86.6 million; Market cap: $4.7 billion; www.norbord.com), is one of the world’s largest producers of oriented strand board (OSB)....
A: Enghouse Systems, $65.08, symbol ENGH on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 27.1 million; Market cap: $1.8 billion; www.enghouse.com), is a software and services provider.

The company operates through two business groups: Interaction Management (59% of total revenue) sells software for managing customer interactions; and Asset Management (41% of revenue) offers technology solutions for network operators and software solutions for transit and transportation operators.

Over the past five years, revenue for Enghouse Systems rose steadily from $179.9 million in 2013 (fiscal years ended October 31) to $325.4 million in 2017.

Earnings jumped 21.9%, from $24.3 million in 2013 ($0.94 per share) to $29.7 million ($1.14) for 2014....
TD Science & Technology Fund invests mostly in U.S. firms engaged in the research, development, production or distribution of products or services related to science and technology.
TD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FUND $83.10 (CWA Rating: Aggressive) (TD Asset Management, Canada Trust Tower

161 Bay Street, 35th Floor, Toronto, ON M5J 2T2;1-800-386-3757; Web site: www.tdcanadatrust.com....
A: Cymbria Corp., $56.00, symbol CYB on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 22.6 million; Market cap: $1.3 billion; www.cymbria.com), is a closed-end fund that invests in a portfolio comprised largely of publicly traded stocks.

Separately, the fund owns 20.7% of EdgePoint Wealth Management, a private firm that sells mutual funds and asset-management services; it also manages Cymbria’s stock portfolio.

Cymbria and EdgePoint are both run by Trimark Financial co-founder Bob Krembil and former Trimark managers Tye Bousada, Patrick Farmer and Geoff MacDonald....
J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO. $110 (New York symbol JPM; Conservative Growth Payer Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 3.4 billion; Market cap: $374.0 billion; Dividend yield: 2.0%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.jpmorganchase.com) is the largest banking firm in the U.S., with total assets of $2.6 trillion as of March 31, 2018.


The bank last raised its quarterly dividend by 12.0% with the October 2017 payment, to $0.56 a share from $0.50....
Preferred shares are equities that pay fixed dividends without offering investors voting rights. Still, those payments are made before dividends to common shareholders.

While investors are attracted to “preferreds” for income, those shares are sensitive to the movement of interest rates and their prices can be volatile....
A: Brookfield Property Partners LP, $26.49, symbol BPY.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 687.5 million; Market cap: $18.2 billion; www.brookfieldpropertypartners.com), owns, operates and invests in commercial real estate worldwide.

Brookfield Asset Management (symbol BAM.A on Toronto) first sold shares of Brookfield Property Partners to the public in April 2013....
A: ProMetic Life Sciences, $1.45, symbol PLI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 604.6 million; Market cap: $1.1 billion; www.prometic.com), makes products that are used in the purification of vaccines, plasma and other biologics....