Guardian Capital Group
TSE:GCGGuardian Capital Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, primarily engages in the provision of investment services to a range of clients in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Caribbean, and internationally. The company operates through two segments: Investment Management, and Corporate Activities and Investments. It provides investment management services comprising investment products and services for government, university and corporate pension funds, insurance companies, foundations, endowments, charitable organizations, unions, labor associations, and taxable corporations. The company also offers portfolio management services for investment funds, third party wrap programs, and affiliated entities under sub-advisory arrangements; and management of proprietary investment funds, including mutual funds and exchange traded funds for retail investors. In addition, it provides wealth management and advice, and outsourced chief investment officer services to high and ultra-high net worth clients; online investment advice through a digital advisor; banking, investment advisory, and trustee services for international clients; and management of limited partnership with a portfolio of real estate, as well as private infrastructure investment. The company was incorporated in 1962 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
U.S. Global Investors
NASDAQ:GROWU.S. Global Investors, Inc. is a publicly owned investment manager. It primarily provides its services to investment companies. The firm is a large advisory firm, an investment adviser to an investment company which provides portfolio management for investment companies. The firm manages and launches equity/balanced funds, fixed income funds and other funds. It also manages hedge funds. The firm primarily invests in no-load mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs). U.S. Global Investors, Inc. is based in San Antonio, Texas.
Liberty All-Star Equity Fund
NYSE:USALiberty All Star Equity Fund is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched and managed by ALPS Advisers, Inc. The fund is co-managed by Aristotle Capital Management, LLC, Pzena Investment Management, LLC, Delaware Investments Fund Advisers, Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP, and TCW Investment Management Company. It invests in the public equity markets of the United States. The fund seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It primarily invests in value and growth stocks of large cap companies. The fund benchmarks the performance of its portfolio against the Lipper Large-Cap Core Mutual Fund Average, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the NASDAQ Composite Index, and the S&P 500 Index. Liberty All Star Equity Fund was formed on October 31, 1986 and is domiciled in the United States.