Tax-smart investment strategies of AIC and our mutual funds

Despite the fact that Canadian investors are some of the highest taxed people in the world, many mutual fund managers in Canada continue to ignore the impact of taxation on an investor’s portfolio.

Further, many fund managers believe that taxation isn’t their problem and that they simply need to focus on gross return – not how much ends up in the investor’s pocket after-tax.

While maximizing pre-tax returns is always the starting point, focusing on after-tax returns is what matters most. After all, it’s not how much you earn, but how much you keep, that lets you live your life.

At AIC, we know that tax matters when investing, and that’s why we’re committed to the principle of tax-smart investing.