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Why add water?
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Why would you add water to a portfolio?

Canadian portfolios generally lack exposure to water infrastructure

  • Bias towards Canadian equities.
  • Lack of depth in publicly traded Canadian equities within water theme.

Attractive investment attributes

  • Strong, steady water rates with upward bias.


  • Forecasted global infrastructure spending of $22 trillion until 2030. In the U.S. there are 300,000 water leaks p.a. and 20% of utilities do not comply with EPA regulations.

  • There is no substitute for water. By 2025, two thirds of the world will have water shortages.


Superior risk/return performance

  • Since 2000, a diversified water portfolio has been less risky than the MSCI World Equity Index, but generated higher returns.

Criterion Global Water infrastructure Fund offers direct access to a theme at the beginning of a long-term growth curve.