Credit rating trends negative in first quarter: Fitch
Downgrades outnumber upgrades in Q1, reversing prior quarter's trend
- By: James Langton
- April 15, 2025 April 15, 2025
- 14:28
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FCA makes overtures to U.S., Asia Pacific region
Regulator opens first foreign outposts to help firms navigate U.K. regime
- By: James Langton
- April 15, 2025 April 15, 2025
- 14:26
Ottawa says automakers that keep manufacturing in Canada will get a tariff exemption
Six-month tariff holiday for U.S. imported goods used in Canadian manufacturing also announced
- By: Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press
- April 15, 2025 April 15, 2025
- 12:30
Manufacturing sales ticked up 0.2% to $72.9B in February: StatCan
Gains in sales of primary metals and chemicals offset petroleum decline
- By: The Canadian Press
- April 15, 2025 April 15, 2025
- 12:18
FSRA flags unlicensed life and health agent activity
Regulator blames insurers’ lack of internal controls
- By: Jonathan Got
- April 15, 2025 April 15, 2025
- 11:30
Playing it smart with private credit
Straight talk on the asset class’s benefits and risks as public markets roil
- By: Michelle Schriver
- April 15, 2025 April 15, 2025
- 11:15
Tariff uncertainty foils ‘slam dunk rebound year’ for national home sales: CREA
Association cuts 2025 sales forecast as March activity drops 9.3% year-over-year
- By: Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press
- April 15, 2025 April 15, 2025
- 10:18
CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts slowed in March
Centres with a population of 10,000 or more saw a decline of 2.8%
- By: The Canadian Press
- April 15, 2025 April 15, 2025
- 09:56
Xi makes a case for free trade, presenting China as a source of ‘stability and certainty’
China deepens ties with Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia
- By: Huizhong Wu, The Associated Press
- April 15, 2025 April 15, 2025
- 09:42
Inflation cooled to 2.3% in March, StatCan says
Agency cites falling travel and fuel costs, but restaurant prices rose with end of federal tax relief
- By: Craig Lord, The Canadian Press
- April 15, 2025 April 15, 2025
- 09:28
Latest snags in ‘rough’ tax-filing season: Uploading errors, duplicate slips
In the case of error codes, the CRA said it will provide interest and penalty relief if the problem isn't resolved by the tax-filing deadline
- By: Michelle Schriver
- April 15, 2025 April 16, 2025
- 08:26
CIRO pushes retail data project to 2027
Effort to gain insight on dealers' clients will seek data from year-end 2026
- By: James Langton
- April 15, 2025 April 14, 2025
- 06:00
FSRA extends comment deadline on proposal to boost oversight of life and health insurance MGAs
The deadline has been extended to Apr. 30
- By: James Langton
- April 15, 2025 April 15, 2025
- 05:00
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