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September 2023

Dealers’ Report Card

How financial advisors rated their firms’ performance

Most of the firms assessed in the 2023 Report Card faced criticism for how they managed advisor feedback

The pandemic put many in-person learning programs on hold. Now is the time for firms to bolster their commitment to ongoing training

Firms need to address gaps in estate-planning support as cohort of elderly clients grows

Digital tools are important to advisors, but often fall short in performance

Advisors’ book sizes grow amid mounting economic challenges

Performance gains in 2022 for the client account statements category peeled back in the 2023 Dealers’ Report Card

Methodology for the Report Card for 2023

Advisors identify struggles such as back-office glitches and gaps in business support

The process of becoming dually registered could span several years, CIRO warns

News

Newsmaker: In a more crowded ETF field, Rohit Mehta says there’s still room for innovation

The CSA extended the comment period for competing corporate governance proposals

Regulators are examining the sector to determine if reforms are needed

Advisors see opportunities as the account grows in popularity

Comment & Insight

Editorial: With their warning, the regulators acknowledged that pay-to-play awards are not harmless puffery

Property transferred to an adult child is presumed to be in trust unless proven it was intended as a gift

Focus on Products

The fund invests exclusively in dividend-paying preferred shares