Weighing election promises and their impact on Canadians’ finances
Party pitches range from tax cuts and incentivizing investment in Canada to more social supports
- By: Jonathan Got
- April 25, 2025 April 28, 2025
- 13:59
Top Stories in News
CEO compensation strong at S&P 500 companies
Executive pay rises accompany recent strong shareholder returns: ISS
- By: James Langton
- April 25, 2025 April 25, 2025
- 12:44
Corporate defaults to rise as outlook darkens: Fitch
Stressed issuers will struggle to cope with weaker growth, difficult financial markets
- By: James Langton
- April 25, 2025 April 25, 2025
- 12:39
Ottawa posts $19.3B deficit for April-to-February period of 2024-25
Rising revenues were offset by higher spending and debt charges
- By: The Canadian Press
- April 25, 2025 April 25, 2025
- 11:49
Retail sales fell 0.4% to $69.3B in February: StatCan
Early estimate shows rebound in March
- By: The Canadian Press
- April 25, 2025 April 25, 2025
- 09:38
Ex-advisory firm CEO lands in prison
Investors sold private structured products as part of a Ponzi scheme
- By: James Langton
- April 24, 2025 April 24, 2025
- 17:37
DBRS cuts oil price forecast
Trade war, rising supply a "double whammy" for prices
- By: James Langton
- April 24, 2025 April 24, 2025
- 17:05
FP Canada names top performers of February CFP exam
Sitting had 280 candidates
- By: IE Staff
- April 24, 2025 April 24, 2025
- 16:21
Court upholds insider tipping ruling
Appeal of tribunal's rulings on merits, Charter issues, sanctions all rejected
- By: James Langton
- April 24, 2025 April 24, 2025
- 14:35
FCA to slash investment firms’ capital rules
U.K. body aims to drive growth by cutting firms' regulatory burdens
- By: James Langton
- April 24, 2025 April 24, 2025
- 14:26
Some retail funds riskier than hedge funds: ESMA
Regulators find certain funds are highly leveraged and complex
- By: James Langton
- April 24, 2025 April 24, 2025
- 14:21
IMF chief urges countries to move ‘swiftly’ to resolve trade tensions
The organization warns spending and investment are on hold globally, while U.S. risks recession
- By: Paul Wiseman, The Associated Press
- April 24, 2025 April 24, 2025
- 11:06
Germany sees the economy stagnating in 2025
Trump tariffs and prolonged political uncertainty weigh on Europe's largest economy
- By: The Associated Press
- April 24, 2025 April 24, 2025
- 10:24
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