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Letter: CCMR needs a strategic approach

Either develop a plan to complete the project, or scrap it entirely, writes Ian Russell

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Columns

Why aren’t advisors using ETFs in their portfolios?

Examining five reasons why advisors say they aren’t using ETFs

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Fundamental changes to regulatory landscape in the air

The interests of portfolio managers' clients are better protected under the current system of regulatory oversight, argues PMAC president

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Time to act on structural reform

Ian Russell responds to comments on his opinion piece on SRO consolidation

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: What’s the rush to merge IIROC and MFDA?

SRO reform should serve the public interest and investors’ needs, writes John Carson of FAIR Canada

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: SROs at a crossroads

Investors want regulation that will watch their back and a regulator they can trust, writes Ken Kivenko

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Proposed rules on vulnerable clients need clarification

The CSA framework is an important first step, but more details are required, writes the vice president of IIAC

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Columns

Understanding the role of indexes in today’s markets

Help your clients understand indexes and the ETFs that track them

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: SRO merger makes sense

Streamlined regulations would benefit the industry and clients, writes Jim Rogers

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: More rules don’t necessarily mean better investor protection

The regulatory response to Covid-19 has improved the investor experience, writes Ian Russell

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Columns

Getting better with age: ETFs turn 30

A look back at how the ETF landscape has evolved — and what to expect from the years to come

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Columns

From 1987 to 2020: perspectives on bear markets

It is virtually impossible to predict the opportune time to exit or re-enter the stock market

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Columns

Keep calm and listen to your clients

We haven’t been through anything like this, but we’ve been through similar crises and recovered

Starting the decade off right

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • January 17, 2020 January 14, 2020
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Securities law must be reviewed

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • November 15, 2019 November 14, 2019
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Merging the SROs is not the answer

Editorial

Quebec’s “comeback kids”

These politicians had left politics, only to return in decidedly different roles and with new ambitions

No need to panic

Alberta's prospects are much better than the media and separatist movement make them seem

The planet is the winner

Trudeau managed to get elected advocating a carbon tax - after buying an oil pipeline

Is self-regulation working in the public interest?

IIROC’s findings of industry misconduct require a stronger response

The slow death of Canada’s banking ombudsman

The independent dispute resolution service has been abandoned by most of the big Canadian banks

Letter: Advisors must embrace “factfulness”

Many advisors in Canada are providing the same kind of advice they offered 20 years ago