Highstreet to manage AGF Fund
London, Ont.-based Highstreet Asset Management Inc. has assumed portfolio-management responsibilities for AGF Dividend Income Fund. AGF Investments Inc. was the fund’s original portfolio manager. The…
London, Ont.-based Highstreet Asset Management Inc. has assumed portfolio-management responsibilities for AGF Dividend Income Fund. AGF Investments Inc. was the fund’s original portfolio manager. The…
Calgary-based Aston Hill Financial Inc. subsidiaries Aston Hill Asset Management Inc. and Aston Hill Capital Markets Inc. are proposing to reorganize three funds. The asset…
A new exchange-traded fund (ETF) now is available from Toronto-based FT Portfolios Canada Co. (First Trust Canada). First Trust Tactical Bond Index ETF is meant…
Calgary-based Mawer Investment Management Ltd. has introduced Mawer Global Bond Fund, which is designed to provide investors with diversification by way of currencies, countries, yield…
Toronto-based Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. has launched a new balanced mutual fund, Franklin Bissett Monthly Income and Growth Fund, which focuses primarily on the Canadian…
New barometer shows outperformance of passive management
Global equities markets, stoked by cheap money, have been shaken in recent months
A pediatrician and his wife, an interior decorator, want to ensure their high joint income creates a comfortable retirement for themselves and security for their…
When Peter Letkeman, formerly a professor of chemistry at Brandon University, lost his sight, he remained positive. He took steps to become a financial advisor…
You should be prepared to assist employees who are experiencing mental health problems. Your workplace should be a safe environment in which team members can…
Developing a niche means saying no to some clients and becoming the go-to financial advisor for a specific group. Advisors who specialize say the rewards…
When an advisor in your branch is working below par, you can take steps to identify the root of the problem and possible corrective action.…
The early struggles of a now successful advisor - and several academic studies - show how admitting to small mistakes can improve your credibility
The capital strike against Alberta’s New Democratic Party government began the morning after the May 5 election. I know this because a private oil company…
Major capital projects with heavy government support are boosting the local ecnonomy and creating hundreds of jobs - for now
The province has a grand new plan to boost shipping and commerce on the St. Lawrence River. But many hurdles remain
It usually takes two elections to knock out an unpopular majority government, which has a home court advantage
Editorial
Volatility-related ETFs purport to offer exposure to daily changes in the value of the CBOE VIX cash index
Global banks have been slow to recover from the financial crisis, but rising rates - and confidence - may boost growth
As MGAs excel in providing training, dedicated agencies are falling woefully behind
Firms excel at having a rich variety of products and providing advisors with freedom to choose products that suit clients best
Advisors prefer direct managers whom they consider to be partners and do what's necessary to help
The correlation between the support advisors receive from - and the ratings they gave — their firms and MGAs is no coincidence
The percentage of advisors and clients who have signed engagement letters has risen over the past year
Despite praise for some firms, most advisors were dissatisfied with the tech tools, CMS and financial planning tech available
Advisors with Freedom 55 and GWL were livid with their application processing, while other firms do a solid job
How advisors rated their firms
No results from project launched in 2013
Investments gain greater importance
Some provincial regulators targeting sales of incidental insurance
Canada to join the global effort to make money laundering tougher
Questions remain about the sudden departure of former CIO and executive vice president Dennis Mitchell
Senate committee urges a "light regulatory touch" on currencies such as Bitcoin to protect innovation
Many comments suggest that 120 days is too long to keep the bid period open
