Letter: Advisors must embrace “factfulness”
Many advisors in Canada are providing the same kind of advice they offered 20 years ago
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Comment & Insight
Government blown off course
The budget bill is missing key measures announced in the March 22 budget
- By: Gord McIntosh
- May 31, 2019 August 12, 2019
- 00:01
Regulatory costs weaken portfolio returns: IIAC
Aggressive deregulation agenda would not interfere with completion of the client-focused reforms, association president argues
- By: Ian Russell
- May 10, 2019 August 22, 2019
- 10:25
Attack of the premiers
Andrew Scheer may lead the federal Conservatives, but Jason Kenney and Doug Ford have set the narrative for the October federal election
- By: Gord McIntosh
- May 3, 2019 August 12, 2019
- 00:00
Comment & Insight
Focus on the achievable
Editorial
- By: James Langton
- April 5, 2019 August 20, 2019
- 10:01
“Don’t forget the budget”
The Liberals want voters to keep thinking about the budget — and not the SNC-Lavalin scandal
- By: Gord McIntosh
- April 5, 2019 August 12, 2019
- 10:00
Why the change of heart?
The SNC-Lavalin affair deserves a royal commission, but not for the reason most people would expect
- By: Gord McIntosh
- March 8, 2019 August 12, 2019
- 15:00
Markets need robust rules
Editorial
- By: IE Staff
- February 12, 2019 August 20, 2019
- 00:01
The pipeline problem
Ottawa and the provinces must deal with Indigenous peoples and investors in an open-handed way
- By: Gord McIntosh
- February 12, 2019 August 12, 2019
- 00:00
Comment & Insight
Populism rattles financial markets
In this age of rising populism and partisanship, the value of expertise and institutions increasingly is under siege. And that trend threatens economic growth and…
- By: IE Staff
- January 21, 2019 August 20, 2019
- 00:01
Dear Investment Executive reader
We apologize for this week’s web troubles
- By: IE Staff
- December 7, 2018 August 12, 2019
- 09:15
Getting emotional about carbon
Pierre Trudeau learned in 1972 that he could be a prophet or a politician, but he couldn't be both
- By: Gord McIntosh
- November 23, 2018 August 12, 2019
- 00:00
Clients have spoken — and regulators should listen
IFIC’s recent Canadian Mutual Fund Investor Survey found that investors are very satisfied with their advisors and prefer to pay their fees indirectly
- By: Blake Goldring
- October 18, 2018 August 22, 2019
- 14:30
Bias on embedded commissions ban?
Investment industry players that favour a ban are either far removed from the average investor or could benefit directly from it
- By: Mark Kent
- July 17, 2017 August 22, 2019
- 13:40
IIROC firms already meet the best interests of their clients
Regulators’ proposals to impose a best interests standard would be “duplicative and confusing”
- By: Ian Russell
- February 28, 2017 August 22, 2019
- 17:00
The dangers of lax oversight
Policy-makers in the financial services industry – like those in the National Hockey League, who must fix its fatally flawed approach to overseeing Canada’s favourite…