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Make more for your client by losing less

Defensively constructed portfolios can outperform in the long run

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Planning for cash flow after death

In a client scenario, an advisor fails to plan for an estate’s tax liabilities

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Strategies to protect clients’ retirement income

Advisors can help reduce inflation’s impact

  • By: Luc Lafleur
  • November 27, 2023 November 23, 2023
  • 15:00
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Strengthening oversight and accountability of the life insurance sector

New guidance will target responsibilities of insurers, MGAs, and identify suitability requirements for life agents

  • By: Huston Loke
  • November 14, 2023 November 14, 2023
  • 15:00
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Elevated inflation risk requires portfolio modifications

Here are six ways to manage the challenge

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5 guidelines for investing in private credit

This unique, illiquid asset class demands a risk-conscious approach

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Help clients get value from tax prep services

Amid automatic tax filing, a proactive approach is required

Tread carefully
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Rate hikes may soon end, but caution still warranted

Balanced portfolios favouring bonds will help investors ride out economic uncertainty

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Alternative investments are rewriting the rules of risk management

Consider these three implications for client portfolios

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What if stock and bond correlations are here to stay?

Column: Reconsider the assumption that government bonds outperform during equity sell-offs

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New retirement realities call for new portfolio strategies

Reconstruction should focus on client needs, risk mitigation

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Shift your paradigm to after-tax portfolio management

Implement these five steps to better serve affluent clients

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Investors can remain confident despite new-age banking crisis

Reassure clients to keep them focused on their long-term objectives

Bare trust debacle makes fools of the law-abiding

Editorial: Last-minute policy reversals undermine an already fragile trust between tax authorities and the public

  • By: IE Staff
  • March 29, 2024 March 29, 2024
  • 12:38

Guardian Capital acquires majority of Ontario investment counselling firm

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

Pharmacare a promise Trudeau might come to regret

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

Investable themes for 2024’s second half

Capitalize on opportunities in bonds, the energy transition and innovation

Understand these less familiar estate-related tax returns

Optional returns may reduce or eliminate your client’s taxes

How AI will accelerate the energy transition

Advisors can play a key role by educating clients about the historic — not hyped — investment opportunities

  • By: John Cook
  • May 15, 2024 May 15, 2024
  • 16:00

Letter: Misleading sales pitches impede investor decisions

To be seen as professionals, advisors must be reasonable and transparent, writes John De Goey

Letter: Ontario’s title protection framework is long overdue

Minimum standards for credentialing bodies, and the robust process for approving those bodies, were determined after extensive consultations, writes Huston Loke

  • By: Huston Loke
  • September 23, 2022 September 23, 2022
  • 10:22

Letter: Policy implementation shouldn’t be a partisan issue

Cited risks from collaboration with industry are unfounded, writes Paul Bourque