With a backdrop of growing uncertainty over the mid-to-long term, Canada’s Desjardins has seen strong interest in a simple proposition offering leveraged upside alongside full capital protection

The MarketLever product features a diversified, equally weighted basket of 20 large-cap global companies, including 30% weight for Canada, the US and Europe, and 5% for each Australia and Japan. Sector-wise, the basket has 20% weight in financials, 15% in tech, as well as stakes in energy, utilities, consumer staples and others. Dominic Laurin (pictured) , Market Linked product manager at Desjardins noted that the outsized interest comes about as several macroeconomic factors have led investors

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