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RBC reports Q2 profit up, raises dividend after closing HSBC deal

The results put RBC as the best banking performer of the quarter: analyst

CIBC

CIBC reports Q2 profit of $1.75 billion as credit picture improves

The bank's Canadian commercial banking and wealth management business earned $456 million in Q2

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Regulators eager for responses to sustainability disclosure consultation

Comments on the Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards are due June 10

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Inflation pressures keeping Fed rate cuts on pause

Key reason for the delay in cuts is lingering effects of the pandemic

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BMO Financial Group reports $1.87B Q2 profit

Raises quarterly dividend to $1.55 per share, up four cents

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National Bank of Canada earns $906M Q2 profit

Montreal-based bank raises quarterly dividend to $1.10 per share, an increase of four cents

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Private equity firm buys maker of hockey rink boards

Reichmann Segal Capital Partners says it plans to invest in new product development and expansion

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More Canadians making only minimum payment on credit cards: TransUnion

Cost-of-living crisis and higher interest rates eat into household budgets

Scotiabank

Scotiabank profits slip amid rising strain in auto loans, mortgages

Despite challenges, overall revenue grew

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CRA announces prescribed rate for Q3

Agency confirms the interest rate Canadians must pay on overdue tax will drop to 9%

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Wedding bells — or alarm bells?

What to do when you suspect an elderly client is being manipulated in a late-life relationship

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DFSA no longer an approved credential in Ontario

Designation holders have six months to obtain a different credential to use the financial advisor title

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TD reports profits down 22% on anti–money laundering hit

Potential impact on bank's growth in U.S. market is a longer-term risk

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FP Canada introduces 2 new rules

Financial planners now have requirements related to trusted contacts, conflicted roles

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Banks to report second-quarter results as credit concerns persist

Latest quarter was fairly tame with encouraging data on the inflation front and still historically low levels of mortgage delinquencies

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Freeland says capital gains proposal will be tabled before summer break

The government says that even if a bill has not yet passed, the change will take effect on June 25

Estate-planning trusts will be hit hard by CGIR hike

Capital gains not flowed out to beneficiaries are "trapped" in the trust at death

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Bank execs summoned to House of Commons environment committee

Committee has set a date of June 13 for the chief executives of RBC, TD, CIBC, BMO and Scotiabank to appear

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When is the latest clients can sell assets prior to June 25?

Given several complicating factors, waiting until the last minute is a bad idea, tax experts say

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Laurentian Bank cutting about 2% of workforce, ending equity research

The cuts come as the bank continues to work through its turnaround plan

Agreement win-win

Cardinal Point teams with Gavin Hockey Wealth Specialists

Combined firm will serve about 200 current and retired pro hockey players

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Liberal tax promise tracker, post-2024 budget edition

Feds won't change tax treatment for REITs, and the status of other major tax proposals from the Trudeau government

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Canadian banks directed over US$100B to oil and gas last year: report

In 2023 most of the five biggest banks reduced fossil fuel funding relative to previous years

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CI reports retail fund outflows of $1.3 billion in Q1

Firm posts $154.4-million loss as investors exit balanced funds, cash-like products

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iA Financial posts net income of $233 million in Q1

Also, Michael L. Stickney will retire from the executive committee