Comment & Insight – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com Canada's news source for financial professionals Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:11:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Comment & Insight – Investment Executive https://www.investmentexecutive.com 32 32 Regulators must stand firm on binding authority for OBSI https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/regulators-must-stand-firm-on-binding-authority-for-obsi/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 04:15:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=481461 Editorial: The idea that OBSI is biased against the industry doesn’t fit with the facts

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]]> Invalid wills: How far is too far? https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/invalid-wills-how-far-is-too-far/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 04:09:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=481455 Ontario courts have the power to validate unsigned, unwitnessed documents as wills, raising risks for executors

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]]> As SRO reform progresses, there should be value for investors https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/as-sro-reform-progresses-there-should-be-value-for-investors/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 05:08:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=479828 Editorial: The rule book rewrite shouldn’t simply be an exercise in slimming down the volume of regulations

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]]> How top tax rates have risen over the past decade https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/how-top-tax-rates-have-risen-over-the-past-decade/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 05:02:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=479822 Eight provinces have top combined tax rates exceeding 50%

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]]> Despite progress, OBSI’s dream of binding resolution remains deferred https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/despite-progress-obsis-dream-of-binding-resolution-remains-deferred/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 05:10:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=476586 Editorial: While the CSA’s proposal is a good first step, that’s all it is

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]]> Facing high probate tax, Nova Scotians can’t use dual wills to escape https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/facing-high-probate-tax-nova-scotians-cant-use-dual-wills-to-escape/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 05:07:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=476583 Province tops Canada with 1.7% probate tax on the value of an estate

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]]> Manitoba and B.C. target “unexplained” wealth https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/manitoba-and-b-c-target-unexplained-wealth/ Mon, 13 Nov 2023 05:13:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=474696 Orders compel people to disclose how they acquired suspicious assets

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]]> Glorianne Stromberg’s legacy https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/glorianne-strombergs-legacy/ Mon, 13 Nov 2023 05:11:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=474694 Editorial: Stromberg fought the good fight, and Canada’s retail investors are dramatically better off as a result

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]]> Regulators must step up for harmed investors https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/regulators-must-step-up-for-harmed-investors/ Mon, 16 Oct 2023 04:04:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=472805 Editorial: The CSA has yet to deliver on its promised proposal to give OBSI binding authority

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]]> Enforcement money should be spent on investors https://www.investmentexecutive.com/newspaper_/comment-insight/enforcement-money-should-be-spent-on-investors/ Mon, 18 Sep 2023 04:05:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=471295 Editorial: The OSC should be doing more to return money to harmed investors

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