Alternative investment strategies growing in popularity among institutional investors: report
Real estate is a popular exposure, but lags behind in performance satisfaction
- By: IE Staff
- May 27, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 10:49
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Government advisory committee calls for disability tax credit changes
The report also argues for a basic income to address poverty in the disability community
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- May 24, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 16:47
TSX rebounds on trade optimism
But crude oil had its worst week of the year
- By: The Canadian Press
- May 24, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 16:26
Mortgage debt manageable for most, stress test should remain: C.D. Howe
The report argues that affordability of mortgage debt proves the stress test is working
- By: IE Staff
- May 24, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 14:50
Toronto stock market has worst day of the year
Trade angst and a drop in the price of oil fuelled the decline
- By: The Canadian Press
- May 23, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 16:33
Economic optimism underpins strong M&A market
Most Canadian companies expect revenue growth of more than 10% this year
- By: James Langton
- May 23, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 11:18
C.D. Howe report calls for new pension model
The paper argues that classic DB and DC plans fall short of their goals
- By: IE Staff
- May 23, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 11:03
ETF sales trump mutual funds in April
IFIC reported that mutual funds saw net redemptions in April, with $1 billion flowing out of the sector
- By: James Langton
- May 22, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 17:40
TSX falls due to declines among three of its most influential sectors
The energy, metals and mining and financial sectors all took a hit on Wednesday
- By: The Canadian Press
- May 22, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 16:31
Fund managers searching for an edge in Twitter traffic and online chatter
Report finds half of investment managers are using alternative data
- By: James Langton
- May 22, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 12:00
Sluggish loan growth eats into CIBC’s Q2 profits in the wake of five rate hikes
Retail banking losses were offset by wealth management gains
- By: The Canadian Press
- May 22, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 11:34
Statistics Canada reports retail sales rose 1.1% in March
Sales at gas stations increased by 6%
- By: The Canadian Press
- May 22, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 10:08
TSX fails to get same lift as U.S. markets from easing of restrictions on Huawei
The S&P/TSX composite index closed up 24.72 points on Tuesday
- By: The Canadian Press
- May 21, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 16:27
Insurers’ financials facing a shakeup amid new accounting rules: Moody’s
IFRS 17 is intended to improve the visibility of firms' earnings
- By: James Langton
- May 21, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 14:49
Canada’s housing market doesn’t need a boost: IMF
Report warns homebuyer initiatives could increase household debt
- By: Mark Burgess
- May 21, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 13:26
Fund fees face added pressure with first U.S. fund that pays investors
Salt Financial LLC will effectively pay investors five basis points to hold its Low truBeta U.S. Market ETF
- By: James Langton
- May 21, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 11:16
North American markets down despite lifting of steel and aluminum tariffs
The Canadian dollar is also down
- By: The Canadian Press
- May 17, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 16:34
Focusing on fundamentals to overcome short-term volatility
Margins are a more important consideration at this stage in the cycle, a report says
- By: Michelle Schriver
- May 17, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 14:14
Toronto’s main stock index, U.S. indices make gains; loonie up
Investors felt geopolitical tensions started to ease
- By: The Canadian Press
- May 16, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 16:35
ATB Financial forecasts 0.7% growth for Alberta
The growth rate represents a 50% decrease since March, when growth was forecasted at 1.4%
- By: IE Staff
- May 16, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 14:56
Firms see risks on the horizon as LIBOR disappears
LIBOR and other interbank rates will disappear in 2021
- By: James Langton
- May 16, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 14:21
U.S.-China trade war won’t hurt much, as long as it doesn’t go much further
The biggest cost might be to confidence, a CIBC report says
- By: James Langton
- May 16, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 14:19
Bank of Canada identifies climate change as important economic weak spot
``Economic activity and the environment are intertwined,'' the bank said
- By: The Canadian Press
- May 16, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 12:35
Foreign investment declines in March, but remains strong for Q1
Investors sold off money market securities and Canadian equities, and added bonds
- By: James Langton
- May 16, 2019 October 31, 2019
- 12:15