Business optimism declines: Statistics Canada
Higher operating costs seen as the main obstacle to growth
- By: James Langton
- May 27, 2025 May 27, 2025
- 11:53
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Equifax report says 1.4M consumers missed a credit payment in Q1
Debt tops $2.55 trillion, with young adults facing the sharpest rise in delinquencies
- By: Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press
- May 27, 2025 May 27, 2025
- 11:33
U.S. consumer confidence rebounds after five straight months of declines
Tariff-related anxiety eased, with fewer Americans expecting a recession in the next year
- By: Matt Ott, The Associated Press
- May 27, 2025 May 27, 2025
- 10:43
Canada’s own bond market vigilantes
Foreign investors have ramped up their holdings of federal debt, NBF reports
- By: James Langton
- May 27, 2025 May 27, 2025
- 09:40
Scotiabank reports Q2 profit down from year ago
AUM in its global wealth management segment rose 9% year over year to $380B
- By: The Canadian Press
- May 27, 2025 May 27, 2025
- 09:38
EU says U.S. trade talks ‘good’ after Trump delays tariffs
Officials say bloc remains committed to securing a deal by July 9
- By: David McHugh, The Associated Press
- May 26, 2025 May 26, 2025
- 16:57
IOSCO adopts fund liquidity reforms
Policy recommendations and guidance aim to improve liquidity risk management
- By: James Langton
- May 26, 2025 May 26, 2025
- 15:19
Industry moves this week
New appointments announced at Wellington-Altus, Fidelity Wealth, PenderFund and Capital Group Canada
- By: Alisha Hiyate
- May 26, 2025 May 26, 2025
- 13:48
Product roundup: LongPoint rolls out triple-leveraged index ETFs
Plus, other fund launches, a new stablecoin and proposed mergers announced
- By: Noushin Ziafati
- May 26, 2025 May 26, 2025
- 13:42
Global defaults seen rising in May: Moody’s
Trade disruptions weighing on the economic outlook, and specific sectors' prospects
- By: James Langton
- May 26, 2025 May 26, 2025
- 13:29
Productivity, housing, climate key for Canada: OECD
Negative economic shock from U.S. increases urgency of long-standing challenges
- By: James Langton
- May 26, 2025 May 26, 2025
- 13:20
OECD urges Canada to boost productivity, tackle housing costs
"More needs to be done to raise productivity and tackle climate-related risks,” says OECD chief economist Álvaro Pereira
- By: Jordan Maxwell
- May 26, 2025 May 26, 2025
- 13:08
Trump says he’ll delay a threatened 50% tariff on the European Union until July
Von der Leyen says Europe is ready to advance talks “swiftly and decisively”
- By: Seung Min Kim, The Associated Press
- May 26, 2025 May 26, 2025
- 10:59
TSX rises more than 200 points, U.S. stock markets mixed
The May crude oil contract dropped US$1.30 to US$96.57 per barrel
- By: Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press
- April 10, 2026 April 10, 2026
- 16:59
Federal court hears new case against Trump’s latest global tariffs
Current challenge deals with levies imposed under the Trade Act of 1974
- By: Mae Anderson and Paul Wiseman, The Associated Press
- April 10, 2026 April 10, 2026
- 13:02
Technicals over fundamentals
Cheap funding, central bank support, rosy AI forecasts, FOMO and more have kept market valuations elevated — that won’t last forever
- By: Kevin Foley
- April 10, 2026 April 10, 2026
- 11:35
OSC seeks settlement with ATS over trade controls
Tribunal to consider settlement with Liquidnet over allegedly faulty controls
- By: James Langton
- April 10, 2026 April 10, 2026
- 16:33
Adjudicator in OSC vs. Purpose case steps down
Social relationship with regulator's key witness in case leads to recusal
- By: James Langton
- April 10, 2026 April 10, 2026
- 14:02
Issuers start moving to semi-annual reporting
Venture companies begin opting for less frequent reporting
- By: James Langton
- April 9, 2026 April 9, 2026
- 17:11
Crown Capital sells off assets as it faces debt, liquidity pressures
The Calgary-based asset manager negotiated with its lender to buy more time to repay its debt
- By: Noushin Ziafati
- April 10, 2026 April 10, 2026
- 17:30
Lower deduction of investment counsel fees hits trusts with AMT
Many trusts may need to amend 2024, 2025 tax returns
- By: Michelle Schriver
- April 10, 2026 April 10, 2026
- 12:43
RBC plans to invest up to $1B through new Canadian growth fund
Bank will also be hiring and expanding in key areas of national importance
- By: The Canadian Press
- April 9, 2026 April 9, 2026
- 11:29
Industry moves: New execs join SLI, Focus Wealth, CI Financial and Conquest
Plus, Designed Wealth adds advisor and inaugural taxonomy and transition planning council named
- By: Alisha Hiyate
- April 10, 2026 April 10, 2026
- 14:48
Richard McIntyre departs Manulife Wealth, Brett Marchand tapped as next CEO
McIntyre to start a new role later this month
- By: Alisha Hiyate
- April 8, 2026 April 8, 2026
- 12:18
Industry moves: Fondaction gets a new CEO, B.C. team joins PWL Capital
Plus, appointments at Sun Life, Connor, Clark & Lunn, Sapling Financial and more
- By: Alisha Hiyate
- April 2, 2026 April 2, 2026
- 14:28
Product roundup: RBC iShares alliance rolls out five new ETFs
Plus, new emerging market, target-date and tech funds, and a raft of fund changes
- By: Noushin Ziafati
- April 10, 2026 April 10, 2026
- 16:20
Opinion: We need greater governance on life insurance book transfers
The lack of a structured follow-up when a client changes hands can leave the policyholder vulnerable
- By: Rhona Konnelly
- April 10, 2026 April 10, 2026
- 10:57
A golden year for seg funds
Gold prices, equity markets drove strong seg fund sales but couldn’t prevent net outflows in 2025
- By: Joel Kranc
- April 8, 2026 April 9, 2026
- 16:00