Most western countries face a looming demographic challenge as their populations age and the ratio of workers to retirees shrinks. Britain has come up with…
Fund dealers have always had a bit of a fractious relationship with their self-regulator, the Mutual Fund Dealers Association. Now, amid a wave of upheaval…
The economies of Canada and the U.S. are expected to grow at a healthy pace over the next two years, despite high oil prices, further…
Merger with RS is one; the other may be better regulation
An increasing number of class-action suits is anticipated in 2006 as angry investors try to force public companies to be accountable for the information that…
Linda hohol is determined to spread the word about the TSX Venture Exchange across Canada, both to entrepreneurs looking to access capital for their start-up…
Two-year-old financial services industry regulator has the resources to handle many investigations
There’s a risk that Clarington’s purchaser may want to change the funds’ management — hurting the Halifax firm
Dawn Fraser’s experience as a certified financial planner with Vantis Credit Union is about to come in extremely handy
Rising interest rates, higher energy costs and easy credit are beginning to take their toll, and it will probably get worse
Almost 70% of mergers and acquisition activity came from 12 mega deals totalling $33.9 billion
Its seven Norrep funds haven’t seen a losing year since Randy Oliver took over
Regulators and public issuers are casting an eye to the south to understand the implications of introducing an internal control reporting regime. A report on…
These financial professionals trade their laptops for electric guitars after work
Goodale increased the dividend tax credit, but by many accounts it is a short-term solution
Don’t expect a slew of regulations to come crashing down within months. Nothing happens that quickly
After a year that featured the spectacular crash of Portus Alternative Asset Management Inc. and several other high-profile providers, a growing number of distributors are…
Conventional securities are highly regulated — but stick them in a different sort of wrapper and suddenly the usual rules don’t apply. Faced with this…
Taxpayers’ federation alleges new policy opens CPP investments to government interference
A Toronto-based firm has been fined by the IDA for failing to supervise shady broker
Regulator’s industry practices review committee makes references to “harmonization”
The federal liberals’ recent flurry of pre-election spending announcements is affordable and mostly just fills in the details of initiatives announced in last February’s budget.…
Fund dealers are also rolling out the road shows and boosting advertising to support advisors
An early reading of the tea leaves indicates a buoyant RRSP season, with investors’ increasingly urgent retirement concerns outweighing the wealth-eroding effects of higher energy…
The investment dealers Association of Canada is working on a bylaw change that would allow retail brokers to structure their businesses as personal corporations. This…