Top Stories in Insight
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 January 10, 2019
- 00:00
Enforcement and the spirit of the law
Editorial
- By: IE Staff
- June 22, 2018 January 10, 2019
- 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 January 10, 2019
- 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 December 29, 2018
- 10:05
Shedding the image of weakness
Editorial
- By: IE Staff
- June 1, 2018 January 10, 2019
- 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 January 10, 2019
- 00:00
The brokerage business’s remarkable resilience
Editorial
- By: IE Staff
- April 27, 2018 January 10, 2019
- 00:01
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 January 10, 2019
- 00:00
One out of three is not good
Editorial
- By: IE Staff
- March 29, 2018 January 10, 2019
- 00:01
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 January 10, 2019
- 00:00
Time to follow the U.S. on seniors’ issues
Editorial
- By: IE Staff
- March 1, 2018 January 10, 2019
- 00:04
Dear Investment Executive reader
We apologize for this week’s web troubles
- By: IE Staff
- December 7, 2018 December 29, 2018
- 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 January 10, 2019
- 00:00
Out of chaos, a strategy
With trade deals revised, the U.S. looks determined to remake the world’s trading system to isolate China
- By: Gord McIntosh
- November 9, 2018 January 10, 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 December 29, 2018
- 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 December 29, 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 December 29, 2018
- 17:00
Populism is nothing new
Political branding - as practised by Donald Trump, Viktor Orbán and Doug Ford - is harming democracy