Re: Financial services now part of Canadian Free Trade Agreement
The move will serve as a critical test of whether Ontario will act with speed and purpose to realize CFTA's potential
Top Stories in Insight
Opinion: CIRO’s harmonization promise breaks down where investors need it most
Prompt complaint resolution is key to capital market integrity — the SRO’s phase six rule consolidation whiffed
- By: Jean‑Paul Bureaud
- April 2, 2026 April 2, 2026
- 10:16
Re: Spaghetti at the wall
ETFs are being approved under rules that weren't designed to govern them, and sold without sufficient explanation
- By: Harvey Naglie
- March 30, 2026 March 30, 2026
- 09:00
Re: CIRO set to launch disgorgement payout program
A right without a proper remedy is not protection; it's a press release
- By: Harvey Naglie
- March 23, 2026 March 23, 2026
- 17:05
Re: FCA consults on consumer redress reforms
While the U.K. is fast-tracking reforms, Canada's regulators are absorbed in process design
- By: Harvey Naglie
- March 18, 2026 March 18, 2026
- 09:07
Re: Scale, specialization and personalization will define wealth management
"Fewer firms with greater scale means reduced competitive pressure, higher switching costs and diminished client leverage" writes Harvey Naglie
- By: Harvey Naglie
- March 16, 2026 March 16, 2026
- 12:34
Opinion: Scale, specialization and personalization will define wealth management
Clients are more empowered than ever — this is a key moment for the Canadian financial advice industry
- By: Damon Murchison
- March 13, 2026 March 12, 2026
- 01:53
Re: What’s next for FSRA’s MGA licensing rule?
FSRA did not invent a consumer protection problem — it found one
- By: Harvey Naglie
- March 6, 2026 March 6, 2026
- 14:09
Re: Who will pay for CIRO’s data breach?
If CIRO caves to industry pressure to use restricted funds for the data breach, the self-regulatory model must be reconsidered
- By: Ken Kivenko
- March 2, 2026 March 2, 2026
- 13:01
Opinion: Who will pay for CIRO’s data breach?
It’s a $100-million question without clear answers
- By: Barb Amsden
- February 24, 2026 February 24, 2026
- 13:21
Re: Blue Owl ‘quake’ is not what it seems
This is a structural mismatch the industry has been slow to confront and that some commentators appear eager to deflect
- By: Harvey Naglie
- February 24, 2026 February 24, 2026
- 09:16
Opinion: Blue Owl ‘quake’ is not what it seems
The asset manager sold assets and committed to distributing proceeds across its investor base — this is no liquidity crisis
- By: Benjamin Sinclair
- February 23, 2026 February 23, 2026
- 11:50
Opinion: When index inclusion comes first, advisors need to rethink access
Index-ready IPOs represent an opportunity for portfolio managers
- By: Jay Bala
- February 13, 2026 February 13, 2026
- 11:13
Bare trust debacle makes fools of the law-abiding
Editorial: Last-minute policy reversals undermine an already fragile trust between tax authorities and the public
- By: IE Staff
- March 29, 2024 March 29, 2024
- 12:38
Guardian Capital acquires majority of Ontario investment counselling firm
CEO Ken Rae sells his stake but stays on as key leader
- By: Greg Meckbach
- June 28, 2022 June 28, 2022
- 10:02
Pharmacare a promise Trudeau might come to regret
The Liberals’ re-election prospects look promising thanks to the co-operation of Big Pharma
- By: Gord McIntosh
- June 16, 2021 August 17, 2021
- 17:22
Beyond the bill
Why the energy transition still matters
- By: John Cook
- August 8, 2025 August 8, 2025
- 12:59
3 reasons private assets are less volatile
Hint: it has nothing to do with how frequently these investments are priced
- By: Allan Seychuk
- May 26, 2025 May 26, 2025
- 11:34
How business owners can benefit from the capital dividend account
We can’t rule out a future change to the capital gains inclusion rate, but Ottawa has reversed course for now
- By: Geoffrey Jones
- May 2, 2025 May 2, 2025
- 09:41
Re: Implement the CPP Pension Delay Guarantee
On Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald's idea for a money-back guarantee, designed to encourage Canadians to delay receiving CPP benefits
- December 29, 2025 December 29, 2025
- 14:10
Opinion: 10 trends reshaping Canada’s investment advisory landscape
AI, private banking, the shift from independence and more
- By: Michael Konopaski
- December 17, 2025 December 17, 2025
- 08:54
Letter: Canada’s financial literacy gap
Re: We can close Canada’s widening financial literacy gap
- By: Harvey Naglie
- November 24, 2025 November 24, 2025
- 14:52