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IFIC’s recent Canadian Mutual Fund Investor Survey found that investors are very satisfied with their advisors and prefer to pay their fees indirectly
Top Stories in Insight
USMCA won’t end trade spats
The negotiations that wound up on Sept. 30 are likely to be only the first in a litany of disputes with Washington
- By: Gord McIntosh
- October 12, 2018 October 11, 2018
- 00:00
Comment & Insight
Inviting damage to investor confidence
Editorial
- By: IE Staff
- September 21, 2018 September 21, 2018
- 00:01
Comment & Insight
Harsh lessons for Trudeau
The Trans Mountain Pipeline decision and NAFTA negotiations may lead to major policy changes for Canada
- By: Gord McIntosh
- September 21, 2018 September 21, 2018
- 00:00
Populism is nothing new
Political branding - as practised by Donald Trump, Viktor Orbán and Doug Ford - is harming democracy
- By: Gord McIntosh
- August 24, 2018 August 22, 2018
- 00:00
Trade, or “governtainment”
There is more than a tit-for-tat trade war going on between China and the U.S. And Canada should be paying attention
- By: Gord McIntosh
- July 27, 2018 July 24, 2018
- 00:00
Comment & Insight
Enforcement and the spirit of the law
Editorial
- By: IE Staff
- June 22, 2018 June 21, 2018
- 00:01
Method to King Donald’s madness
Trump's tariffs and his personal attack on Justin Trudeau may be part of a strategic retreat from his original threat
- By: Gord McIntosh
- June 22, 2018 July 12, 2018
- 00:00
Opinion: CSA decision a big win for the industry
Dealers and advisors can breathe a sigh of relief that there is no blanket ban on trailer commissions and no statutory best interest standard
- By: IE Staff
- June 21, 2018 June 22, 2018
- 10:05
Comment & Insight
Shedding the image of weakness
Editorial
- By: IE Staff
- June 1, 2018 June 1, 2018
- 00:01
The brokerage business’s remarkable resilience
Editorial
- By: IE Staff
- April 27, 2018 April 25, 2018
- 00:01
NAFTA 2.0 won’t end trade disputes
Protectionism in the U.S. may not be as severe as it was in 1930, but it remains very much a part of that country's DNA
- By: Gord McIntosh
- June 1, 2018 June 1, 2018
- 00:00
Is Big Tech getting too big?
Technology giants such as Facebook and Alphabet dominate the economy. Can limits be placed on that dominance?
- By: Gord McIntosh
- April 27, 2018 April 25, 2018
- 00:00
The budget deserves a closer look
Not long ago, journalists would spend a week or more parsing and analyzing the budget document
- By: Gord McIntosh
- March 29, 2018 March 29, 2018
- 00:00
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 January 18, 2018
- 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 January 16, 2018
- 17:00
Explanations are needed — please
How will removing embedded commissions enhance the client experience? And how will a fiduciary standard work exactly?
- By: Don Janzen
- August 15, 2016 January 16, 2018
- 16:20
Disclosure is severely limited
Editorial