Strong VC activity in Canada for 2016
The total number of deals rose by 7% while total investments dropped by 0.3% in Canada while, globally, total deals dropped by 10% and total…
- By: IE Staff
- January 25, 2017 January 25, 2017
- 17:00
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Canadian P&C insurers to see profits rebound this year
The sector is expected to rebound from the record losses related to the Fort McMurray wildfires last year, Fitch Ratings reports
- By: James Langton
- January 25, 2017 January 25, 2017
- 13:45
NYSE Group unveils new strategy for equities markets
The firm is rebranding NYSE MKT as NYSE American to serve as its venue for small- and mid-capitalization stocks
- By: James Langton
- January 25, 2017 January 25, 2017
- 13:30
TSX surges on Keystone XL news, higher oil prices
S&P 500, Nadaq post record highs
- By: Linda Nguyen
- January 24, 2017 January 24, 2017
- 17:25
Mixed results for FX trading volume in Canada, latest data reveal
Although FX trading activity generally declined from April to October, it was up compared with the corresponding period in 2015
- By: James Langton
- January 24, 2017 January 24, 2017
- 15:00
Focus on diversification for 2017, report recommends
Investors should be wary of sticking to strategies designed to capitalize on a falling interest rate environment and ignoring the risk of rising inflation
- By: James Langton
- January 24, 2017 January 24, 2017
- 14:30
Stock markets decline as Donald Trump meets with business leaders, talks trade
Loonie, gold make gains
- By: Linda Nguyen
- January 23, 2017 January 23, 2017
- 17:15
Foreign investments driving growth in Canada’s stock market
A new Desjardins report suggests that the record level of foreign purchases of Canadian securities demonstrates positive sentiment is back
- By: James Langton
- January 23, 2017 December 5, 2019
- 12:00
North American stock markets higher as Trump sworn in as U.S. president
The loonie ends the day with a decline
- By: Alexandra Posadzki
- January 20, 2017 January 20, 2017
- 17:15
Moody’s liquidity-stress index unchanged in early January
Although corporate liquidity is better than it was in early 2017, the index remains below its long-term average, the credit-rating agency reports
- By: James Langton
- January 20, 2017 January 20, 2017
- 15:00
Annual inflation rate rises to 1.5% in December: StatsCan
Lower food prices help ease impact of gasoline’s rise
- By: Craig Wong, The Canadian Press
- January 20, 2017 January 20, 2017
- 11:00
U.S. markets finish lower ahead of Donald Trump inauguration
TSX ekes out gain, loonie dips
- By: Linda Nguyen
- January 19, 2017 January 19, 2017
- 17:20
Canadian investors sold off U.S. securities in November
New StatsCan data show that Canadian investors reduced their holdings in U.S. treasuries by $3.7 billion and in U.S. equities by $5 billion
- By: James Langton
- January 19, 2017 December 5, 2019
- 10:45
TSX, Dow close lower
Loonie loses more than a cent after Poloz says rate cut still 'on the table'
- By: Linda Nguyen
- January 18, 2017 January 18, 2017
- 17:35
Bank of Canada holds key interest rate at 0.5%
Central bank warns of ‘consequences’ if Trump protectionist policies materialize
- By: Andy Blatchford
- January 18, 2017 January 18, 2017
- 16:25
Bank of Canada’s interest rate announcement and forecast come amid uncertainty
Updated economic projections are unlikely to factor in any potential repercussions for Canada from Trump’s promises in areas like taxation, trade and tariffs
- By: The Canadian Press
- January 18, 2017 January 18, 2017
- 06:00
Loonie rises as U.S. greenback drops after Trump remark
Volatility inducing comments from the incoming U.S. president may be something investors have to get used to
- By: Linda Nguyen
- January 17, 2017 January 17, 2017
- 17:25
Four Canadian financial services firms among world’s most sustainable companies
RBC, Sun Life, TD and BMO are included in Corporate Knights’ annual ranking of the top 100 sustainable corporations around the globe
- By: Tessie Sanci
- January 17, 2017 December 5, 2019
- 11:50
TSX, Canadian dollar down
U.S. stock markets closed
- By: Aleksandra Sagan
- January 16, 2017 January 16, 2017
- 17:15
Optimism reigns among Canadian entrepreneurs for 2017
Lack of confidence in the economy is no longer the most cited top obstacle to business investment for entrepreneurs, as it was in 2016
- By: Tessie Sanci
- January 16, 2017 December 5, 2019
- 17:00
Private wealth could help UN achieve sustainable development goals
This source investment tends to be longer-term and has fewer regulatory and other constraints than institutional capital, a UBS white paper says
- By: James Langton
- January 16, 2017 January 16, 2017
- 16:40
Canada will outpace most G7 economies in 2017-18: IMF
Trump is a wild card
- By: David Paddon
- January 16, 2017 December 5, 2019
- 15:40
Canada must remain nimble as it braces for Trump era: feds’ economic advisor
Finance Minister Bill Morneau has suggested his upcoming federal budget, expected as early as February, will be prudent as the government prepares for the possible…
- By: Andy Blatchford
- January 16, 2017 January 16, 2017
- 07:30
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world this week
BoC rate announcement, December inflation report on deck
- By: The Canadian Press
- January 15, 2017 January 15, 2017
- 12:00
TSX and loonie rise
Prices for gold and oil fall
- By: Aleksandra Sagan
- January 13, 2017 January 13, 2017
- 17:20