More than three quarters of retired Canadians who have had a financial planner for at least a decade are happy with the level of funding…
A “dramatic rise” in primary bond market transaction volumes has resulted in increased demand for credit ratings information
In part two of a three-part series, “Women in Capital Markets 2016: Extraordinary Leaders,” Dan Richards, CEO, Client Insights, discusses strategies that strengthen diversity and…
In addition, investor literacy remains relatively low as 56% failed a 10-question quiz and only 10% answered at least eight of 10 correctly
The third annual competition requires students to prepare a document and video on whether robo-advisors will help clients’ meet their financial planning needs
Although the dispute-resolution service supports most of an independent reviewer’s recommendations, it rejects a couple of big ones
Although most firms’ websites evaluated did a good job of getting prospective life insurance buyers’ attention, they did poorly in converting that attention into a…
StatsCan reports that these pension funds rose by 1.8%, up from a 1.3% decline in Q1, thanks to higher investment income and better contributions
Some big Wall Street firms are planning to move to a purely fee-based model whereas others will still allow commissions for retirement accounts
CPPIB and PSP Investment Board will each own a 50% stake in the properties
The investor advocacy group has some novel recommendations, including the establishment of a fund to compensate victims of frauds
The plaintiffs had argued that they incurred increases in the cost of insurance on certain policies, representing breaches of the terms of their insurance contracts
Many in the insurance industry feel unprepared for the challenges the business is facing related to increasing regulatory demands and perpetually low interest rates, among…
The firm born out of the Aston Hill and Front Street Capital merger wants to bring sophisticated investment strategies to the mass market, says CEO…
The bank and QED Investors are launching a VC fund that will seek out companies in Latin America focused on fintech disruptors
Faced with mounting pressures, asset-management firms will likely have to cut costs and adopt new strategies, Casey Quirk’s report recommends
The robo-advisor will work with clients who invest $150,000 or more through its platform to customize their portfolios
Larry Waite, Guy Lemoine, Stephen Jarislowsky and Preet Banerjee are among the directors elected to the investor advocacy group’s board
Peak Insurance Services will add more than 6,000 clients to its roster as a result of the deal with L.E.S, which provides insurance services to…
But with growing regulation comes higher costs for companies — and small firms, in particular, are likely to struggle with these increasing expenses
In part one of a three-part interview series, “Women in Capital Markets 2016: Extraordinary Leaders,” Dan Richards, CEO, Client Insights, discusses successful workplace strategies for…
HollisWealth will add $34 billion in AUA, 800 licensed advisors and 400,000 active clients to IA’s growing wealth-management operations
Advisors must be willing to spend money on their assistants, said Ellen Bessner during a keynote speech at the inaugural Assistants’ Conference in Toronto
Piper Jaffray’s 40 analysts cover 750 companies in the consumer, energy, financial, health-care, industrial and technology sectors
The survey is being introduced in advance of an expected CSA proposal to ban on embedded mutual fund commissions