Big changes for CUs
Credit unions merge, seek to expand service
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- July 10, 2006 July 10, 2006
- 09:24
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Budget may be good news for advisors
No capital gains relief yet, but experts welcome changes on donated securities and dividend treatment
- By: Stewart Lewis
- June 2, 2006 June 2, 2006
- 12:33
Rare CFAI honour for Goodman Institute
The Goodman Institute of Investment Management has been named a CFA program partner school by the U.S.-based Chartered Financial Analyst Institute, the first in Canada…
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- June 2, 2006 June 2, 2006
- 12:33
Scotiabank revamps domestic banking
New jobs for Barb Mason and Jane Rowe show bank’s commitment to equal opportunity
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- June 2, 2006 June 2, 2006
- 12:33
No surprises in first Conservative budget
But next budget will presumably reveal more about how the new government is expected to proceed
- By: Catherine Harris
- June 2, 2006 June 2, 2006
- 12:33
Equity options the future for investors and exchange
More advisors need training in derivatives in order to meet the needs of an aging population, Montreal Exchange president argues
- By: Catherine Harris
- June 2, 2006 June 2, 2006
- 12:33
New firm to focus on philanthropy
Winnipeg’s Blackwood Wealth Planning targets affluent business owners and professionals
- By: Geoff Kirbyson
- June 2, 2006 January 21, 2018
- 12:33
Desjardins pushes for wealth management
Its traditional small-town Quebec, francophone market is saturated, the credit union group says
- By: Don Macdonald
- June 2, 2006 June 2, 2006
- 12:33
GWL purchases greater presence in Britain
Growth through acquisition in insurance industry abroad, and through mutual fund deals at home
- By: Geoff Kirbyson
- June 2, 2006 January 21, 2018
- 10:48
Regulators lack economic incentives
How can regulators be made more responsive to the industry and investors?
- By: James Langton
- June 2, 2006 June 2, 2006
- 10:48
National regulator round tables mired in regional concerns
Squabbles about issues such as where to locate the regulator seem to overshadow prospects for a more efficient, effective system
- By: James Langton
- June 2, 2006 June 2, 2006
- 10:48
New trade association gears up to lobby for its members
The pro-industry part of the old Investment Dealers Association of Canada is now a stand-alone entity
- By: James Langton
- June 2, 2006 June 2, 2006
- 10:48
A year later, OSC still grappling with investor beefs
The Investor Town Hall gave retail investors a rare chance to vent to regulators about the system, but much still remains to be done
- By: James Langton
- June 2, 2006 June 2, 2006
- 10:48
Agreement boosts Alberta, B.C.
Creates Canada’s second-largest economic zone
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- June 2, 2006 June 2, 2006
- 10:48
Impact of high C$ low
Can the canadian economy continue to grow if the loonie goes to par with the U.S. dollar?Montreal-based National Bank Financial Ltd. thinks so. It’s forecasting…
- By: Catherine Harris
- June 2, 2006 June 2, 2006
- 10:48
Hopes now pinned on Ottawa
Harper government indicates its interest in establishing a single regulator
- By: James Langton
- June 2, 2006 June 2, 2006
- 10:48
Beware — it’s open season on art-flip deals
Supreme Court decides it won’t review earlier rulings on art flips; CRA now expected to move aggressively
- By: Stewart Lewis
- May 2, 2006 May 2, 2006
- 10:15
Banks push to market insurance rather than merge
The Bank Act comes up for review later this year, and the players know they’re better off pursuing goals that are more attainable
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- May 2, 2006 May 2, 2006
- 10:15
A middleman for wealthy investors
RS Bell helps match up high net-worth clients with professional money managers
- By: Lara Hertel
- May 2, 2006 May 2, 2006
- 10:15
Desjardins hires Long
Desjardins financial Security has hired critical illness insurance expert Sean Long as its individual insurance health products specialist. The subsidiary of Desjardins Group wants Long…
- By: Stewart Lewis
- May 2, 2006 May 2, 2006
- 10:15
Investors Group reaches out
Company president Murray Taylor says it’s a mistake to focus on one group
- By: Geoff Kirbyson
- May 2, 2006 January 21, 2018
- 10:15
Labour funds weather storm
Overall sales are down at many of the big firms in the LSIF sector
- By: Geoff Kirbyson
- May 2, 2006 January 21, 2018
- 09:50
Vancouver brokerage firm slapped with $1.8 million in fines
Union Securities Ltd. and its principals reach series of settlements with regulators over a host of trading infractions
- By: David Baines
- May 2, 2006 May 2, 2006
- 09:50
Boot camp for advisors
Hub financial is teaming up with Empire Life Insurance Co. to establish an insurance advisor training school, with the goal of bringing new blood into…
- By: Stewart Lewis
- May 2, 2006 May 2, 2006
- 09:50
Canada’s economic conundrum
Although the business community is very concerned about Canada’s productivity problem — and wants to see an extensive strategy to fix it — there are…
- By: Catherine Harris
- May 2, 2006 May 2, 2006
- 09:50