Blog: Cutting Through the Noise
Inside Steadyhand
Passion was the Key in our Search for Money Managers
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on May 14, 2007
Prologue to Globe and Mail Article I wanted to put today’s Globe and Mail article in context with Steadyhand. The process described in the article occurred prior to the decision by Neil and I to go ahead with Steadyhand. Since ...Read More
Coming to Toronto on May 16-17
Excerpt from Scott Ronalds's blog on May 10, 2007
The manager of our Equity Fund, Cranston, Gaskin, O’Reilly & Vernon (CGOV), is holding an Investor Conference Day in Toronto next week that I’ll be attending. Finally, an excuse to head east and get out of this terrible spring weather ...Read More
Steadyhand Context Diagram
Excerpt from Neil Jensen's blog on April 30, 2007
Early on in our business design, we decided to outsource many of the business functions necessary in a mutual fund company. One of the tools we used to visualize how the functions would fit together was a (very loose) variation ...Read More
I'm Buying Earplugs
Excerpt from Chris Stephenson's blog on April 23, 2007
I am the newbie. I joined Steadyhand a couple of weeks ago and work as an Investor Specialist. My role is to talk with investors about Steadyhand. What I’ve found out so far is that Steadyhand is a great place ...Read More
A Beautiful Day
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on April 10, 2007
Bono once said, "It's a beautiful day; don't let it get away." So we captured it in digital film. After months of preparation and hard work, it was truly a beautiful day in Vancouver as we opened our doors to ...Read More
Steadyhand Hits the Slopes
Excerpt from Scott Ronalds's blog on March 15, 2007
Steadyhand hit the slopes last weekend in Whistler. Unfortunately, with limited visibility, high winds and wet snow, conditions were almost unbearable. ...Read More
Fee Reduction Program, Part 1
Excerpt from Neil Jensen's blog on March 3, 2007
One of our differentiators is our fee reduction program. In this and subsequent postings, I'll outline the design and implementation of the program. Philosophy and Objectives Our costs for managing a $10,000 account and a $150,000 account are not that ...Read More
Creating steadyhand.com
Excerpt from Neil Jensen's blog on February 18, 2007
One of my intentions for this blog is to expose some of the inner workings of Steadyhand, including the functions we outsource and the vendors we work with. A natural place to start is with this website and the firm ...Read More
Steadyhand – An Alternative to the Big Guys
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on February 14, 2007
Yesterday was a big day for the team at Steadyhand. We filed our final prospectus and turned on our website. While our funds won’t be available to investors until April 10th, these are still big milestones for us. Also yesterday ...Read More
Recovering from the MFDA Site Visit
Excerpt from Neil Jensen's blog on February 13, 2007
Here's a shot of our Manager of Research & Communications, Scott Ronalds, recovering from our last MFDA site visit in January. ...Read More
Signed!
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on December 1, 2006
We're thrilled to announce that we've signed three leading money managers to the Steadyhand team. They will manage 4 of our 5 funds. This day comes after months of research, deep thinking, interviews, unhealthy lunches and airport line-ups (who knew ...Read More
Unconventional ... or Twisted?
Excerpt from Tom Bradley's blog on November 3, 2006
Here's a picture of our Manager of Research & Communications, Scott Ronalds, reading David Swensen's Unconventional Success while on holiday in Hawaii.We're hoping all of our future employees are as dedicated as Scott. ...Read More
