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
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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
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
Opinion: We can close Canada’s widening financial literacy gap
Financial education must be continuous, inclusive and grounded in reading, writing and numeracy — throughout life
- By: Mélanie Valcin
- November 21, 2025 November 21, 2025
- 01:36
Opinion: Stop obsessing about financial literacy
AI should be built for consumer power, not pop quizzes
- By: Harvey Naglie
- November 17, 2025 November 17, 2025
- 10:37
Opinion: Advisor incorporation and the retail investor
The proposal has national implications — CIRO should work on this with the CSA
- By: Ken Kivenko
- November 11, 2025 November 11, 2025
- 14:42
Opinion: Protecting more, risking less
Canada should boost deposit insurance — here’s why
- By: Laura Paglia
- November 4, 2025 November 3, 2025
- 01:03
Opinion: CIRO’s data freeze is a regulatory failure
Without systematic data collection, CIRO can’t identify and address structural risks before they do harm
- By: Harvey Naglie
- October 30, 2025 October 29, 2025
- 01:54
Opinion: Post-retirement planning is the ultimate gift of love and security
How and why to help your clients prepare for their passing
- By: Greg Barnsdale
- October 27, 2025 October 26, 2025
- 01:57
Opinion: To fortify the loonie, we must digitize it
Canadians need to build a new financial architecture, not simply adopt a blueprint designed by others
- By: Daniel Ordibehesht
- October 23, 2025 October 22, 2025
- 01:03
Opinion: Smarter supervision, not less regulation, is the path forward
Re: Reducing regulation could help advisors serve mass market clients: C.D. Howe
- By: Harvey Naglie
- October 9, 2025 October 9, 2025
- 11:56
Opinion: Life insurance industry’s neglect of orphan policyholders poses long-term risks
Sector should enlist AI plus human expertise to avoid losing Canadians’ trust
- By: Rhona Konnelly
- September 25, 2025 November 3, 2025
- 14:32