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Video: Canadian Banks – What’s Next?
Watch our 15-minute Q&A video below with Rob Wessel on the Canadian banks, where we discuss key issues including macro volatility, depressed valuations, and recent events in the U.S. CLICK HERE for information on HEB, the lowest-fee Canadian bank ETF. Disclaimer: Commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with an investment in exchange traded funds (ETFs) managed by Hamilton ETFs. Please read the…
Hamilton ETFs Announces Unitholder Approval for Proposed Investment Objective Change for Hamilton Enhanced Canadian Bank ETF
TORONTO, February 15, 2023 – Hamilton Capital Partners Inc. (“Hamilton ETFs”) is pleased to announce the results of the special meeting (the “Meeting”) for Hamilton Enhanced Canadian Bank ETF (TSX: HCAL) (the “ETF”) that was held today, February 15, 2023. As previously announced, the Meeting was convened for unitholders to consider and vote upon a proposal to change the investment objective of the ETF (the “Investment…
Canadian Banks: Opportunities and Risks in 2023
The Canadian banks had a very tough 2022 falling 8.9% – just the 5th decline in the last 20 years, which includes financial crisis years of 2007 and 2008[1] (the sector even rose 3.8% in 2020, despite COVID). The main reason for the decline last year was falling price-to-earnings multiples caused by the market’s concern that global central banks could cause a recession by aggressively raising…
Hamilton ETFs Announces Unitholder Meeting for Proposed Objective Change for Hamilton Enhanced Canadian Bank ETF
Toronto, Ontario – January 13, 2023 – Hamilton Capital Partners Inc. (“Hamilton ETFs” or the “Manager”) announced today a proposal to change the investment objective (the “Proposed Change”) of Hamilton Enhanced Canadian Bank ETF (TSX: HCAL) (the “ETF”). Hamilton ETFs is the trustee, manager and portfolio advisor of the ETF. The Proposed Change is as follows: Current Investment Objective Proposed New Investment Objective The investment objective…
Canadian Banks: Three Things to Watch in Q4
Even with the strong November, Canadian bank stocks are down ~15% peak-to-trough, reflecting the market’s concern of a possible global recession caused by central banks aggressively raising interest rates with the goal of taming inflation. At the same time, central bankers are also engaging in the relatively new policy of quantitative tightening (the effect of which cannot be quantified). The decline in Canadian bank share prices…
Canadian Banks: Should Investors be (More) Worried? (fQ3 in Charts)
As the market has priced in a higher risk of a recession, Canadian bank stocks have declined ~20% in just 5 months, including a ~10% decline since the sector started reporting Q3 results in late August. The market is worried that central banks will cause a recession as they aggressively raise interest rates to tame inflation. Further complicating their job is that central banks are simultaneously…
Canadian Bank CEO Event with RBC & TD
On June 9, 2022, we hosted a panel discussion on the Canadian banks with Dave McKay and Bharat Masrani, CEOs of Royal Bank and TD Bank, respectively. During the panel discussion, the CEOs discussed their views on a variety of topics, including the current macro environment, domestic banking, housing, consumer debt, and their international platforms. Disclaimer: Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all…
Canadian Banks: TD Buys FHN – A Very Strong Fit
After much speculation in recent years about its appetite for additional U.S. bank M&A, TD offered ~US$13.4 bln in cash to buy First Horizon Corporation (FHN)[1], a Tennessee-based regional bank, in late February, almost 15 years since its last “large” U.S. bank acquisition – Commerce Bancorp. In our view, the acquisition offers many strategic benefits given FHN: (i) is an optimal size, adding material scale with…
Canadian Banks: 2022 starts with M&A; Recovery Continues (fQ1 in Charts)
2022 is off to a noteworthy start for the Canadian banks, with long-awaited M&A announcements and another strong earnings season. In December, we posted our outlook for the year, “Canadian Banks: Five Possible Drivers in 2022”, in which we stated that the cyclical recovery was not yet over. We identified five factors that we expected would influence bank share prices during 2022: (i) reserve releases, (ii)…
Canadian Banks: BMO’s High Risk, High(er) Reward Acquisition of BoW
Bank of Montreal recently announced the acquisition of BNP Paribas’ U.S. retail banking subsidiary, Bank of the West (BoW) for ~C$20 bln – the largest acquisition in Canadian banking history. The transaction is very different from prior acquisitions made by the Canadian banks and is further complicated by the fact that BoW is not publicly traded (wholly owned by BNP), so most Canadian investors have limited…
HCAL/HCA Lead All Canadian Bank ETFs in 2021
During 2021, the Hamilton Enhanced Canadian Bank ETF (HCAL) and the Hamilton Canadian Bank Mean Reversion Index ETF (HCA) outperformed all other Canadian bank ETFs, rising 51.5% and 40.3%, respectively. Entering last year, we forecast the Canadian banks would have a very strong year (see our insight “Q4-2020 Takeaways – Recovery Has Started” and our video “Three Potential Catalysts for 2021”[1]). HCAL outperformed all strategies by…