Home Newspaper January 2017
Newspaper January 2017

January 2017

Front Page

HollisWealth’s business model is close to that of IA

Compensation models reward reps for selling certain products

Mutual fund firms face obstacles in offering ETFs

News

And less than half of Canadian investors say their advisor is trustworthy and honest

Uncertainties include Trump's promises to tear up trade agreements and household debt that continues to climb

The regulator pulled out all the stops to engage a wide range of contestants from the developer community, ranging from high-school students to a team…

Building Your Business

Podcasts offer an effective and low-cost way to communicate what is unique about your practice to clients

Financial advisors could learn valuable lessons from American Express - on attracting, retaining and communicating with clients - in this increasingly competitive environment. Speed and…

Figuring out how much your business is worth is both an art and a science. Once you understand the five principles of practice valuation, follow…

Sandi Martin offers fee-only planning services to a far-flung base of clients from the comfort of her home in Ontario's picturesque cottage country

Microsoft's latest operating system has some built-in security measures, but it also comes with some built-in privacy issues. You'll need to take a few simple…

Focus on Products

But portfolio managers anticipate market uncertainty

Toronto-based First Asset Investment Management Inc. has named Signature Global Asset Management, a unit of CI Investments Inc., as the portfolio manager for First Asset…

Toronto-based Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. has launched a new ETF focused on Europe-based companies. In what Horizons is hailing as a “Canadian first,” Horizons…

A new mutual fund from Toronto-based RBC Global Asset Management Inc. seeks to take advantage of market trends. RBC Trend Canadian Equity Fund follows the…

Two new portfolios from Toronto-based Fidelity Investments Canada ULC are meant to help investors weather market volatility and low interest rates. Fidelity Conservative Managed Risk…

Toronto-based Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. recently launched Franklin Quotential Fixed Income Portfolio. This portfolio offers investors an actively managed mix of domestic and foreign fixed-income…

Risk ratings may do more harm than good

Investment research

Times have changed and investors now have to accept that market risk is critical when assessing specific asset classes

The Trump presidency is likely to mean rising bond yields as spending rises and taxes decline

Comment & Insight

Can you imagine not being able to walk across the street at the corner of Yonge and Bloor in Toronto or at the intersection of…

A new, rival union for fish harvestors is shaking up the industry, even as fish stocks continue to decline

Toronto is finally tackling an issue the city had steadfastly avoided in the past: Using expressway tolls to pay for roads and transit

The focus is on what elected officials are doing, not on the backroom operatives who usually don't have to account for their actions