IOSCO aims for improved audit quality
Report recommends a series of best practices to help audit committees ensure high-quality financial audits
- By: James Langton
- January 17, 2019 January 17, 2019
- 13:54
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M&A activity declined in 2018
Technology was a bright spot while historically dominant and traditional sectors, such as energy, mining and utilities, and industrials and chemicals dropped
- By: James Langton
- January 17, 2019 January 17, 2019
- 13:42
CSA extends comment period on proposed pilot study
TMX Group asked the regulators last week for more time to analyze and provide feedback on the plans
- By: James Langton
- January 17, 2019 January 17, 2019
- 11:51
U.S. investors leaving active management behind
The shift to passive management reflects these investments’ technological superiority for retail investors, not market conditions, new report suggests
- By: James Langton
- January 17, 2019 January 17, 2019
- 11:40
IA introduces AI-powered virtual assistant
The virtual assistant can calculate how much investors should contribute to their RRSPs or estimate the amount they’ll have saved at retirement age
- By: IE Staff
- January 17, 2019 January 17, 2019
- 10:07
Report predicts record year for dividend payouts
But the projected dividend growth rate of 6% is less than half the 14.3% rate recorded in 2018
- By: James Langton
- January 17, 2019 January 16, 2019
- 08:30
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John Bogle dies aged 89
Founder of the Vanguard Group passes away
- By: Associated Press
- January 16, 2019 January 16, 2019
- 18:24
Financial sector helps lift TSX
U.S. stocks also climbed higher on Wednesday
- By: Canadian Press
- January 16, 2019 January 16, 2019
- 16:27
Reasons not to panic about market volatility
Investor fears may be overblown, say reports
- By: Michelle Schriver
- January 16, 2019 January 16, 2019
- 15:17
Fidelity launches equity fund
Fund aims to combine two different, yet complementary, investment approaches
- By: IE Staff
- January 16, 2019 January 16, 2019
- 14:12
Auditors face new challenges: CPAB
Technology-driven innovation is expected to transform auditing and audit regulation in the years ahead
- By: James Langton
- January 16, 2019 January 16, 2019
- 12:24
Canadian financial services firms make list of companies committed to gender equality
The Big Six banks, Sun Life and Manulife all made the global list
- By: IE Staff
- January 16, 2019 January 16, 2019
- 12:00
Barclays Canada names new head of financial institutions group
Jacquelyn Titus will enable the Britain-based bank to expand its focus on Canada’s financial services industry
- By: James Langton
- January 16, 2019 January 16, 2019
- 11:53
Record numbers took November CFP exam
The 563 candidates were the most since the FPSC implemented enhanced requirements in 2010
- By: IE Staff
- January 18, 2019 January 18, 2019
- 12:19
Dentist gets two-year conditional sentence for tax fraud
The tax evasion scheme was promoted by a tax protestor organization, the CRA says
- By: IE Staff
- January 17, 2019 January 17, 2019
- 16:27
Open banking a negative for Big Six banks
Technological disruption is likely to erode the big banks’ profitability in certain areas
- By: James Langton
- January 17, 2019 January 17, 2019
- 14:39
Joe Canavan takes over as CEO of NEXT Canada
The investment industry veteran takes over from Sheldon Levy
- By: James Langton
- January 18, 2019 January 18, 2019
- 10:18
Ex-Osler partner Blair Wiley joins Wealthsimple
Wiley will be general counsel and head of regulatory affairs
- By: IE Staff
- January 7, 2019 January 7, 2019
- 17:56
Tax scholars join CRA’s offshore compliance advisory committee
The committee advises the CRA on strategies to combat offshore tax evasion and aggressive tax planning
- By: IE Staff
- December 17, 2018 January 6, 2019
- 10:40
Mutual fund sales declined to end 2018
Long-term funds ended the year in the red with negative net sales of $2.5 billion for the full year
- By: James Langton
- January 18, 2019 January 18, 2019
- 09:39
BMO AM to consolidate commodities ETFs
The consolidations will occur at the close of trading Jan. 25
- By: IE Staff
- January 16, 2019 January 16, 2019
- 10:26
RBC Insurance adds caregiver rider to disability plans
Rider would allow insured to take time off work to care for a terminally ill family member
- By: IE Staff
- January 15, 2019 January 15, 2019
- 13:05
IIROC enforcement activity was flat in 2018
But the total number of decisions rendered by IIROC hearing panels against both firms and advisors increased year-over-year
- By: James Langton
- January 18, 2019 January 18, 2019
- 16:04
NSSC issues warning about HQBroker
Regulators in Ontario, New Brunswick and Hong Kong already have issued their own warnings about the firm
- By: James Langton
- January 18, 2019 January 18, 2019
- 11:56
IOSCO calls for greater ESG disclosure
The new guidance from global regulators comes amid increasing investor demand for ESG disclosure
- By: James Langton
- January 18, 2019 January 18, 2019
- 10:13
TSX rallies for second straight week
The price of crude has hit a two-month high
- By: Canadian Press
- January 18, 2019 January 18, 2019
- 16:39
Inflation rises in December on higher airfare, vegetable prices
The increase is likely due in part to a change in methodology
- By: Canadian Press, IE Staff
- January 18, 2019 January 18, 2019
- 11:28
TSX up for 10th straight day
Hopeful sign of U.S./China trade talks boost markets
- By: Canadian Press
- January 17, 2019 January 17, 2019
- 16:41