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Canadian ETFs enter the metaverse

New funds hold several big names found in broad U.S. stock indexes

  • By: Rudy Luukko
  • January 24, 2022 January 24, 2022
  • 00:15
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Lessons learned after the B.C. floods

There’s more to the recent disaster in southwestern B.C. than nature gone wild. People played a major role

  • By: Brian Lewis
  • January 24, 2022 January 24, 2022
  • 00:08
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Staying connected as Covid persists

Effective communication, whether digital or in person, remains key to strong client/advisor relationships

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Regulatory issues to watch in 2022

Several major initiatives could launch this year

Compliance Legal Rule Compliancy Conformity Concept

Top priority for regulators should be SRO reform

Editorial: Now, they need to ensure it’s done right.

  • By: IE Staff
  • January 24, 2022 January 24, 2022
  • 00:05
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Crypto and real estate provide portfolio hedges

Clients with windfalls need to diversify and mitigate risk

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Knowing your practice means understanding the numbers

In order to assess the value of your business, you must look beyond AUM, revenue and expenses

The Seasons of an Advisor’s Life: Fall, a time for harvesting, productivity and shedding the old

Have You Thought About What Season Your Practice is in?

A different frame

HNW clients want guidance on the complex challenges that wealth can bring

Powering up your practice

Referrals are key to boosting your roster of HNW clients

Energizing the Future: Skyline Clean Energy Fund’s Role in Canada’s Renewable Revolution

Learn about Skyline Clean Energy Fund, an equity growth fund offering investors access to renewable infrastructure assets backed by long-term government contracts. Skyline Clean Energy…

Designed Securities’ Blue Ocean Strategy: Customization, Lower Costs, and Increased Value for Advisors

Designed Securities Ltd. co-founders Gillian Kunza, CEO and Michael Konopaski, CFO discuss a new way of competing in the crowded investment dealer market space.

The Evolution of Structured Products for the Modern Era

BMO Global Asset Management CEO Bill Bamber discusses the BMO Strategic Equity Yield Fund.

Fitch boosts Canadian coverage

Credit rating agency adding five senior analysts to it Toronto office

Handling passive-investment rules

Recent changes to the way that active business income earned within a private corporation is taxed may affect some of your high net-worth clients

Slideshow: How a firm’s ratings impact advisors’ recommendations

Although advisors are likely to recommend their firm to another advisor, this changes sometimes based on their perception of their brokerage

Insurance advisors share industry sentiment and needs (charts)

Insurance advisors answered multiple-choice questions about their industry experience for this inaugural research

Hot housing market gives some Canadians cold comfort

Housing costs are a growing worry, BMO index finds

  • By: IE Staff
  • March 17, 2022 March 17, 2022
  • 15:02

A win/win proposition

Clients don’t have to give up returns to embrace RI

  • By: Leah Golob
  • January 6, 2020 October 29, 2019
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What are buffer ETFs?

Learn how buffer ETFs provide downside protection compared to the market.

Why investors should consider buffer ETFs

Find out why buffer ETFs can provide a solution in various market conditions.

Are buffer ETFs suitable for your clients?

Learn how buffer ETFs can benefit investors by integrating risk management into their investment portfolios.