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Replacing Canada’s most important number

Opinion: Interest rate benchmark reform requires careful execution and strong collaboration

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Columns

Help your client navigate the new retirement reality

Advisors play an essential role in improving client confidence

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Investors pay the price for rules that should never have existed

The industry must learn to better sense investor needs instead of reacting to regulations, writes Ken Kivenko

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Columns

Who has the power?

Understanding power of attorney versus trusted contact person

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Columns

The outlook for 2022’s second half

Economies brace for slower economic growth

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Industry News

Guardian Capital acquires majority of Ontario investment counselling firm

CEO Ken Rae sells his stake but stays on as key leader

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Lament over modernization task force is misplaced

Disappointment rests on a mistaken presumption, writes Ian Russell

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: Greatest climate-related risk is government and regulatory interference

Humans can continue to adapt to the historically modest changes recently seen in our climate, writes David McGruer

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Columns

How to distinguish yourself during estate administration

Jump the credibility curve with executors and beneficiaries

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Industry News

Avoid the transfer-out train

Safeguard your business by knowing your client’s PoA and executor

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Letters to the Editor

Letter: An investor’s perspective on the regulatory treadmill

In most instances, the industry has only itself to blame for the protracted and costly nature of policymaking in this country, writes Harvey Naglie

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Conservative victory looking more realistic

Column: Liberals finally get their wedge issues, but they may not be enough to save Trudeau

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Election nobody seems to want could still be important

Column: Since this election will take us into a post-pandemic era, Canadians need to take a hard look at what’s ahead

Pharmacare a promise Trudeau might come to regret

The Liberals’ re-election prospects look promising thanks to the co-operation of Big Pharma

Starting the decade off right

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • January 17, 2020 January 14, 2020
  • 00:02

Securities law must be reviewed

Editorial

  • By: IE Staff
  • November 15, 2019 November 14, 2019
  • 00:02

Canadian ETFs ride a global trend

The domestic ETF market continues to grow along with the rest of the world

An election hasn’t been called yet, but the Conservatives may have already lost

Opinion: The Conservatives are in danger of becoming yesterday’s political brand

Carbon tax ruling may set off years of turf fighting between the feds and provinces

The ruling appears to have given Ottawa the national policy leverage it has long coveted

Letter: Time for a national voice for Main Street investors

An investor advisory council would allow retail investors to speak on their own behalf and promote active dialogue between regulators and investors, writes Ken Kivenko

Letter: Industry has made significant progress on strategic issues throughout pandemic

Rebounding equities markets and continued demand for wealth services were major factors in strong industry performance, writes Ian Russell

Letter: Investment industry well-positioned for the post-Covid recovery

Strong performance in 2020 bodes well for the year ahead, writes Ian Russell