Alternative investment solutions

Invest differently.
Discover our alternative investment solutions.

Go off the beaten track to meet your clients’ evolving needs

As new trends reshape the marketplace, clients seek investment solutions that do not move in tandem with traditional asset classes. Go beyond the conventional approach. Here is why!

Unlock the benefits

Possibility to improve the risk-return profile of your clients’ portfolios through:

  • Different degrees of downside protection
  • Additional potentiel sources of return that are less correlated with the markets
Increased diversification through access to asset classes and specialized strategies that are difficult or costly to replicate.

While institutional investors are leading the pack, a mere sliver of Canadian retail portfolios have an allocation in alternative investment solutions. Be at the forefront of this opportunity!

Expand your possibilities

You strive to help clients achieve their objectives while managing portfolio risk. No matter your market views, we have the according strategy to either help you protect your clients’ portfolios on the downside or take advantage of the upside.

Discover Desjardins' suite of alternative investment solutions, created for you by leveraging our scale and expertise.

  • Desjardins Alternative ETFs

    Strategies similar to institutional ones that aim for absolute positive returns, regardless of market fluctuations.

    Rigorous risk management and lower correlation to other asset classes.

    Aim to improve the risk-return profile of clients' portfolios.

    Learn more about Desjardins Alternative ETFs

  • Desjardins Structured Notes

    Designed to take advantage of or hedge against a specific market outlook.

    Potential outcomes defined at issuance. Allows to closely tie client objectives with the desired outcome.

    A variety of return profiles that transfer exposure to global markets into an investment vehicle that offers complete or contingent principal protection at maturity.

    Custom-made solutions.

    Learn more about Desjardins Structured Notes

  • Desjardins Alt Long/Short Equity Market Neutral ETF Fund

    Market neutral strategy to help stabilize client portfolios and minimize the effects of market fluctuations.

    Seeks to offer stable positive returns regardless of market conditions.

    Seeks to generate an alternative source of alpha through its long/short paired equity strategy.

    Discover the Desjardins Alt Long/Short Equity Market Neutral ETF Fund

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