Global banks’ capital rises, liquidity dips
As profits rise, banks boost capital strength, dividend payout ratios
- By: James Langton
- March 26, 2025 March 26, 2025
- 14:10
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Sun Life’s comp for 2024-appointed Canada president, CFO
One board member will step down this year as term expires
- By: Jonathan Got
- March 26, 2025 March 26, 2025
- 14:01
Global regulators fined banks US$4.5B in 2024
Canada made the top 10 with $8.1 million in total fines
- By: Jonathan Got
- March 26, 2025 March 26, 2025
- 12:10
U.K. government halves 2025 growth forecast to 1%
Treasury chief plans to boost defence spending while cutting welfare and hiking taxes
- By: Pan Pylas, The Associated Press
- March 26, 2025 March 26, 2025
- 11:34
Tech roundup: How Wealthsimple’s AI chatbot works
Also, notetaking software for advisors adds French language transcription
- By: Jonathan Got
- March 26, 2025 March 26, 2025
- 10:45
Mexico’s banks to face profit pressure: Fitch
As country is plunged into recession, banks to see rising loan losses, tighter margins
- By: James Langton
- March 25, 2025 March 25, 2025
- 17:49
Trade war with U.S. pushes Quebec budget into record $13.6B deficit
Province plans to spend $11 billion on infrastructure over three years to stimulate the economy
- By: Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press
- March 25, 2025 March 25, 2025
- 17:28
Beijing’s envoy calls for more trade with Canada amid U.S. trade war
China imposed retaliatory tariffs on some Canadian agricultural exports last week
- By: Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press
- March 25, 2025 March 26, 2025
- 16:39
FCA to streamline rules, stoke growth
Regulator aims to cut old requirements amid new conduct standards
- By: James Langton
- March 25, 2025 March 25, 2025
- 16:06
FINRA aims to boost compliance, reduce burden
SRO previews initiatives to industry event
- By: James Langton
- March 25, 2025 March 25, 2025
- 15:49
As SEC shifts, NASAA touts state regulation
Local boots on the ground needed to defend investors, state regs tell Congress
- By: James Langton
- March 25, 2025 March 25, 2025
- 15:44
CIRO CEO updates on rule consolidation, advisor incorporation
Andrew Kriegler expressed confidence that regulators 'have a path forward' on longstanding issue of incorporation
- By: Alisha Hiyate
- March 25, 2025 March 27, 2025
- 15:18
Small businesses prefer ‘minor’ adjustments over layoffs to deal with tariffs: poll
Canadian small and medium businesses derive an average of 31.1% of their revenue from U.S. sales
- By: Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press
- March 25, 2025 March 25, 2025
- 13:00
Canadian, U.S. markets rally and oil prices sink as Strait of Hormuz opens
Physical oil market remains "tighter than the financial market is giving it credit for": analyst
- By: Daniel Johnson, The Canadian Press
- April 17, 2026 April 17, 2026
- 16:57
Hormuz reopening won’t get oil markets back to normal right away
Oil prices may need to be "higher for longer" to rebuild stocks: analyst
- By: Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press
- April 17, 2026 April 17, 2026
- 16:02
The loonie-oil price disconnect
Dollar responds to demand shocks, but supply shocks ignored: Scotia
- By: James Langton
- April 17, 2026 April 17, 2026
- 15:04
SEC set to cancel advisory firms’ registrations
Firms no longer qualify for narrower online advisor exemption
- By: James Langton
- April 17, 2026 April 17, 2026
- 14:38
CIRO issues phase two of CE reform proposals
Proposals out for 90-day comment period, final regime slated for Jan. 1, 2028
- By: James Langton
- April 16, 2026 April 16, 2026
- 16:37
ESMA examines the rise of non-public credit ratings
Regulator to explore market impact of private, restricted rating activity
- By: James Langton
- April 16, 2026 April 16, 2026
- 14:29
Anthropic’s Mythos shows need to ‘come to grips’ with AI risks: Macklem
The BoC governor says technology's evolving abilities underscore importance of cybersecurity
- By: Craig Lord, The Canadian Press
- April 17, 2026 April 17, 2026
- 15:45
Wealthsimple’s new X partnership brings opportunities and risks, experts say
Arrangement could encourage more or riskier trades, critics say
- By: Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press
- April 17, 2026 April 17, 2026
- 12:51
RBC, Scotiabank pull back on climate goals
The banks are dropping their interim emission reduction targets due to various factors
- By: The Canadian Press
- April 16, 2026 April 17, 2026
- 16:48
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
Global ETF industry gathered a record US$626 billion in Q1
ETF assets under management now sit at US$20 trillion
- By: Noushin Ziafati
- April 17, 2026 April 17, 2026
- 11:52
Private credit recap: Asset managers respond to elevated redemption requests
Investors are looking to exit from funds in droves during "a period of heightened negative sentiment"
- By: Noushin Ziafati
- April 14, 2026 April 14, 2026
- 13:59
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