Our Strategies

We believe that actively and tactically managing portfolios will provide better long-term outcomes. Our team of investment professionals takes a global macro perspective to build uniquely designed investment products for you.

At Raintree Wealth Management we use a unique blend of in-house investment management capabilities with some of the best global institutional money managers.

Investment Committee

Peter Kinkaide, CFA

Peter Kinkaide, CFA

CEO & Chief Investment Officer

Jay Bhutani

Jay Bhutani

President & COO

Denis J Bisson, MBA, CFP, CIM, TEP

Denis J Bisson, MBA, CFP, CIM, TEP

Independent Portfolio Manager

Sean Wilson, B.Mgt, CIM, CFP

Sean Wilson, B.Mgt, CIM, CFP

Independent Portfolio Manager

Access To Opportunity

Founded in 1996, Hillsdale Investment Management is an independent, and employee-controlled, client-aligned investment boutique managing over $4 billion on behalf of a select group of sophisticated institutional and private wealth investors. Hillsdale engages in disciplined active investment management, specializing in equities, alternatives, ESG, and customized mandates. They are committed to producing the highest quality equity investment strategies. Hillsdale is recognized for investment and service excellence a reflection of its relentless pursuit of research and development and of the dedication of its employees.

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Firm Inception

1996

Assets Under Management*

Investment Professionals
Manage

US & Canadian Small Cap

Beutel, Goodman & Company Ltd. is a privately owned, independent Canadian investment manager. They are dedicated to creating long-term wealth for institutional, private wealth and retail clients by helping them achieve their investment objectives.

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Firm Inception

1997

Assets Under Management*

Investment Professionals
Manage

Canadian Equities

Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc. believes that superior investment returns are achieved by taking a long term, bottom-up, value-oriented approach to investments based on detailed fundamental research and analysis.

Their proven philosophy revolves around two long-standing core concepts:

  • Quality
  • Value (price)

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Firm Inception

1980

Assets Under Management*

Investment Professionals
Manage

International Equities
Global Fixed Income

Founded in 1991, Polar is a multi-strategy organization with a general focus on arbitrage-oriented strategies. Polar’s flagship Multi-Strategy Fund began trading in 1991. Over the course of 30+ years, the Multi-Strategy Fund has evolved with the addition of complementary strategies and investment talent with the goal of generating positive returns throughout various market cycles. Their investor base includes institutions, wealth managers and individual investors.

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Firm Inception

1991

Assets Under Management*

Investment Professionals
Manage

Absolute Return

Quintessence (Q) Wealth Partners is a Portfolio Management Firm, originally founded as ETF Capital Management (ETFCM) in 2006 by Larry Berman – host of Berman’s Call on BNN – and Partners. Today the Firm is one of the fastest growing Portfolio Managers in the country, managing in excess of 2.5 billion dollars with Canadian offices from coast-to-coast. Q Wealth’s investment team specializes in custom tailored wealth management solutions for affluent Investors, combining the themes of wealth preservation and growth, financial and estate planning, diversified ETF-based investing, and global tactical asset allocation.

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Firm Inception

2006

Assets Under Management*

Investment Professionals
Manage

Global Tactical

Our Portfolio

Our portfolios are designed to outperform the benchmark in a full economic cycle. Our alternative strategies also provide portfolio volatility level reduction and better risk-adjusted returns.

Our investment approach is to analyze macro-economic variables and allocate the funds within asset classes considering risk and return trade-offs. The portfolios have minimum and maximum allocations for each asset class and allocation will vary within known ranges.

Growth Portfolio

The Raintree Wealth Growth Portfolio is a fully diversified, actively managed portfolio that seeks to provide long-term growth over a full market cycle. This portfolio will appeal to Investors looking for a single growth portfolio that offers aggressive growth.

*Accurate as at May 2023

Canada Equity Large Cap

is 9% of a Growth Portfolio

Growth Portfolio

The Raintree Wealth Growth Portfolio is a fully diversified, actively managed portfolio that seeks to provide long-term growth over a full market cycle. This portfolio will appeal to Investors looking for a single growth portfolio that offers aggressive growth.

*Accurate as at May 2023

Canada Equity Large Cap
9%
Fixed Income
8%
Canada Equity Small Cap
7%
Preferred Shares
7%
US Equity Large Cap
8%
Tactical
10%
US Equity Small Cap
8%
Absolute
14%
International Equity
13%
Cash
2%
Emerging Markets Equity
14%

Balanced Portfolio

The Raintree Wealth Balanced Portfolio is a fully diversified, actively managed portfolio that seeks to provide long-term returns over a full market cycle. This portfolio will appeal to Investors looking for a single balanced portfolio that offers moderate growth.

*Accurate as at May 2023

Canada Equity Large Cap

is 8% of a Balanced Portfolio

Balanced Portfolio

The Raintree Wealth Balanced Portfolio is a fully diversified, actively managed portfolio that seeks to provide long-term returns over a full market cycle. This portfolio will appeal to Investors looking for a single balanced portfolio that offers moderate growth.

*Accurate as at May 2023

Canada Equity Large Cap
8%
Fixed Income
19%
Canada Equity Small Cap
5.5%
Preferred Shares
5.7%
US Equity Large Cap
6.7%
Tactical
8.8%
US Equity Small Cap
6.3%
Absolute
14%
International Equity
11.2%
Cash
2.8%
Emerging Markets Equity
12%

*Accurate as at May 2023

Conservative Portfolio

The Raintree Wealth Conservative Portfolio is a fully diversified, actively managed portfolio that seeks to provide long-term returns with lower risk. This portfolio will appeal to Investors looking for a single portfolio that offers stability of fixed income returns with the extra boost that equities can provide.

*Accurate as at May 2023

Canada Equity Large Cap

is 6.6% of a Conservative Portfolio

Conservative Portfolio

The Raintree Wealth Conservative Portfolio is a fully diversified, actively managed portfolio that seeks to provide long-term returns with lower risk. This portfolio will appeal to Investors looking for a single portfolio that offers stability of fixed income returns with the extra boost that equities can provide.

*Accurate as at May 2023

Canada Equity Large Cap
6.6%
Fixed Income
34.4%
Canada Equity Small Cap
3.4%
Preferred Shares
4%
US Equity Large Cap
5%
Tactical
7%
US Equity Small Cap
3.8%
Absolute
14%
International Equity
8.8%
Cash
3.8%
Emerging Markets Equity
9.2%

Preservation Portfolio

The Raintree Wealth Preservation Portfolio is a fully diversified, actively managed portfolio that focuses on lower volatility and risk over a full market cycle. This portfolio will appeal to Investors looking for a single portfolio that offers capital preservation.

*Accurate as at May 2023

Canada Equity Large Cap

is 6.6% of a Preservation Portfolio

Preservation Portfolio

The Raintree Wealth Preservation Portfolio is a fully diversified, actively managed portfolio that focuses on lower volatility and risk over a full market cycle. This portfolio will appeal to Investors looking for a single portfolio that offers capital preservation.

*Accurate as at May 2023

Canada Equity Large Cap

5%

Fixed Income

52%

Canada Equity Small Cap

1%

Preferred Shares
2%
US Equity Large Cap
3%
Tactical
5%
US Equity Small Cap
1%
Absolute
14%
International Equity
6%
Cash
5%
Emerging Markets Equity
6%
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