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Typically, we look to traditional investment vehicles such as stocks, bonds and cash to make our investment decisions.

Today, alternative asset classes such as emerging-market bonds, infrastructure, real estate investment trusts and commodities—to name a few—are proving to be an innovative way for investors to get more from their portfolios.

What Are Alternative Investments?

They are a variety of investments with risk and return characteristics that are different from those offered by traditional stock and bond investments.

Key Benefits Of Alternative Investments

Not only can alternative investments complement your current asset allocation through increased diversification, they can potentially:

  • level performance over longer periods of time
  • enhance returns
  • reduce volatility
  • improve portfolio efficiency

Making Alternative Investments Accessible To You

Two new alternative investment pools are now part of the leading-edge investment platform available through MD Private Investment Counsel:

  1. MDPIM Strategic Yield Pool
    The pool will invest in ETFs that provide investors with exposure to yield-generating fixed income and equities including global bonds, emerging-markets debt and preferred equities.
  2. MDPIM Strategic Opportunities Pool
    The pool will invest in ETFs that provide investors with exposure to real estate investment trusts (REITs), infrastructure and commodities, timber and U.S., international and emerging-market small cap equities.

The team at QS Investors was one of the first to develop alternative asset allocation strategies; QS Investors will advise on the portfolios of both pools. With more than $90 billion in assets under advisement firm-wide, QS also has significant experience with alternative strategies and a strong track record in alternative asset class investing.

By providing you with access to the most sophisticated solutions, the MDPIM alternative pools will aim to maximize your portfolio returns while providing broad diversification, reducing portfolio risk and potentially enhancing returns.

Talk to your MD Portfolio Manager today for more information.

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MD Physician Services includes, MD Physician Services Inc., MD Management Limited, MD Private Trust Company, MD Life Insurance Company and MD Insurance Agency Limited.

MD Physician Services is owned by the Canadian Medical Association.

MD Physician Services, with more than $30 billion in assets under administration, is dedicated to serving physicians and their families. MD Physician Services provides financial products and services, the MD Family of Mutual Funds, private investment counselling services and practice management products and services through the MD Group of companies. For a detailed list of these companies, visit md.cma.ca. Investment counseling services and management of the MDPIM Pools provided by MD Physician Services Inc., a CMA company.

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with mutual fund investments. Please read the prospectus before investing. Mutual funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated. To obtain a copy of the prospectus, please call your MD Advisor, or the MD TradeCentre at 1 800 267-2332.