Finance and accounting starting salaries to jump 3.1%: report
Demand for employees with skills in finance and technology is driving salary growth, says Robert Half International
- By: Tessie Sanci
- August 30, 2016 August 30, 2016
- 14:25
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Feds boost student grants and loans program
Grant increases of 50% came into effect this month. Changes coming to ease loan repayment requirements
- By: Tessie Sanci
- August 30, 2016 August 30, 2016
- 13:00
Great-West Life marks 125 years in business
Founded in 1981, Winnipeg company now employs 12,000
- By: Tessie Sanci
- August 29, 2016 August 29, 2016
- 11:45
Finance Canada begins review of financial services sector legislation and regulation
The first part of what is to be a two-stage review indicates that “[f]inancial [services] institutions are facing an array of new and emerging risks”
- By: James Langton
- August 26, 2016 August 26, 2016
- 11:10
Manulife’s LOFT to leverage Indico’s deep learning technology
The new collaboration will see the firms develop an artificial intelligence and deep learning tool to analyze financial data and present recommendations
- By: IE Staff
- August 26, 2016 August 26, 2016
- 10:45
Advisors who embrace fintech will be ahead of the game, Cary List suggests
To take advantage of robo-advisors, advisors themselves can treat these fintech disrupters as the information manager while advisors themselves focus in on the client relationship
- By: Fiona Collie
- August 26, 2016 August 26, 2016
- 10:00
Advisors’ Report Card 2016: Editors discuss the major themes of this year’s Report Card series
Pablo Fuchs, senior editor with Investment Executive, and Fiona Collie, staff writer, discuss the key trends emerging from this year’s Report Card series. Most notably,…
- By: Pablo Fuchs
- August 26, 2016 November 9, 2019
- 08:30
FAIR Canada recommends OSC hold hearing into Sirius XM privatization
A group of minority shareholders believe there are “coercive elements” to the deal, namely that Sirius XM Canada has suspended its dividend and that the…
- By: James Langton
- August 25, 2016 August 25, 2016
- 13:20
Global Fintech Hubs Federation launches
Hubs from 20 countries, including Canada, are members
- By: James Langton
- August 25, 2016 August 25, 2016
- 11:30
Credit unions remain tops in customer service
The credit unions, Desjardins Group and four of the Big Five banks were in a statistical dead heat for financial planning and advice in Ipsos’…
- By: James Langton
- August 25, 2016 August 25, 2016
- 10:40
Young Canadians are risk takers, investor quiz finds
$20,000 Bridgehouse Scholarship Program winners announced
- By: IE Staff
- August 25, 2016 August 25, 2016
- 10:25
Wealth-management firms face big risk of losing clients, survey finds
Investing in superior client experience, increasingly using digital technology, could help firms retain and add clients, EY report suggests
- By: IE Staff
- August 25, 2016 August 25, 2016
- 09:40
Ontario court certifies FX benchmark class action
Three global banks agree to pay more than $15 million in settlement
- By: James Langton
- August 24, 2016 August 24, 2016
- 16:40
Banks see shifting fortunes in SME market share data
RBC’s highest share of the domestic SME market is down from 2000, whereas Scotiabank, which is a close second, saw its market share rise dramatically…
- By: Tessie Sanci
- August 23, 2016 August 23, 2016
- 14:30
Pension funds agree to each sell 1.8 million TMX Group shares
Each of the three funds will retain a 5% stake in the stock exchange operator
- By: James Langton
- August 23, 2016 August 23, 2016
- 10:00
Hundreds of Canadian advisors get closer to obtaining CFP designation
More than 70% of advisors who wrote exams in various stages of the process to become a certified financial planner passed in June
- By: Tessie Sanci
- August 19, 2016 August 19, 2016
- 15:40
Advisors need to do better in helping clients reach their goals, J.D. Power study finds
As well, discussing fee structures with clients leads to a dramatic jump in the percentage of investors who feel they understand what they are being…
- By: Tessie Sanci
- August 18, 2016 August 18, 2016
- 12:50
Fed joins Facebook
The U.S. central bank aims to increase the accessibility and availability of its news and educational content
- By: James Langton
- August 18, 2016 August 18, 2016
- 10:40
ISS acquires governance portal
Proxy advisory firm intends to further develop iiWisdon offerings
- By: James Langton
- August 17, 2016 August 17, 2016
- 14:00
Hearsay Social introduces service to enhance client communications
Hearsay 360 analyzes data exchanged through text, social media, advisors’ websites and email and recommends the advisor what to do next
- By: Tessie Sanci
- August 17, 2016 August 17, 2016
- 10:40
Meridian Credit Union creates digital bank
New offering will be a “full-service alternative” to Canada’s big banks
- By: Tessie Sanci
- August 17, 2016 August 17, 2016
- 08:00
CRM2 Breakfast Seminar, Third Edition
Don’t miss out. Registration closing soon.
- By: IE Staff
- August 16, 2016 January 22, 2018
- 05:00
New CBOE indices to focus on social media metrics
Each new index will track the performance of a portfolio of stocks or options referenced to a defined universe of stocks
- By: James Langton
- August 15, 2016 August 15, 2016
- 14:35
Canaccord Genuity boosts global mining practice team
Markus Felderer joins as managing director of investment banking for mining in Canada while Timo Jauristo has taken the role of senior advisor within the…
- By: Tessie Sanci
- August 12, 2016 August 12, 2016
- 12:30
Fiduciary rule pushes U.S. advisors to consider big changes
A new survey found that 43% of advisors are planning to expand their services to a more holistic planning approach in response to the rule…
- By: James Langton
- August 12, 2016 August 12, 2016
- 11:18