Las Vegas firm will be a good fit
It isn’t the kind of blockbuster deal Great-West Lifeco Inc. is known for in Canada, but its recent acquisition of a Las Vegas-based health-care services…
- By: Geoff Kirbyson
- August 30, 2005 January 21, 2018
- 12:21
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Importance of reputation
Firms should take steps to prevent shocks that would come with too much risk
- By: James Langton
- August 30, 2005 August 30, 2005
- 12:20
Financial life cycle of the average client may be changing
Consumers are altering their approach to saving, spending and debt, economists suggest. Advisors should take note
- By: James Langton
- August 30, 2005 August 30, 2005
- 12:19
Executives prefer more of their pay in cash,
Annual IE survey shows financial industry top brass took home $415 million in total pay in fiscal 2004
- By: James Langton
- August 30, 2005 August 30, 2005
- 11:08
Do senior Canadians fare better or worse with inflation?
A new study by Statistics Canada shows seniors get dinged on some items, yet they save in areas that younger people don’t
- By: Monica Townson
- August 30, 2005 August 30, 2005
- 11:06
Consulting careers blend well with winery
David and Cynthia Enns are no Laughing Stock as they balance two businesses
- By: Lara Hertel
- August 30, 2005 August 30, 2005
- 11:05
Can the U.S. avoid the pitfalls and keep growing?
Numerous reasons for concern
- By: Catherine Harris
- August 30, 2005 August 30, 2005
- 11:04
AIC stays the course
Lee-Chin believes “buy, hold and prosper” is still the right way to go
- By: Jade Hemeon
- August 30, 2005 August 30, 2005
- 11:02
Bundled, bolstered and buoyed
The town of souris is perched almost at the easternmost tip of Prince Edward Island. Here, at 129 Main St., is Souris Credit Union, a…
- By: donalee Moulton
- August 5, 2005 August 5, 2005
- 12:16
Credit union CEO sees national system the way of the future
Lloyd craig has big plans for British Columbia’s second-largest credit union. The energetic CEO of Coast Capital Savings, who speaks more like a pep-talking coach…
- By: Brian Lewis
- August 5, 2005 August 5, 2005
- 12:12
European equity markets quietly posting impressive gains
Their investment products are out of fashion and their region is out of favour, but European equity mutual fund managers aren’t out of ideas. Investors…
- By: James Langton
- August 5, 2005 August 5, 2005
- 12:06
Britain takes new step to improve protection
Many securities firms have some variation of the basic requirement that clients be treated “fairly, honestly and in good faith” on their books. Yet they…
- By: James Langton
- August 5, 2005 August 5, 2005
- 12:00
RCMP turfs top securities cop
The campaign in britishColumbia to toughen up criminal prosecution of securities offenders suffered a setback last month when the inspector in charge of the RCMP’s…
- By: David Baines
- August 5, 2005 August 5, 2005
- 11:58
Banks’ numbers often difficult to compare
Advisors or seasoned clients who try to delve into the heart of the banks’ financial statements, hoping to compare them head to head, will have…
- By: Catherine Harris
- August 5, 2005 August 5, 2005
- 11:31
Portus fallout will bring changes to exempt market
The echo from the implosion of Portus Alternative Asset Management Inc. will continue to be heard for some time. Enforcement action against reps who sent…
- By: James Langton
- August 5, 2005 August 5, 2005
- 11:18
Business in uproar over new U.S-style accounting rules
Repackaging a much-loathed U.S. accounting rule for the Canadian market clearly isn’t going over well. The Canadian Securities Administrators’ proposed rule mandating internal control reporting…
- By: James Langton
- August 5, 2005 August 5, 2005
- 11:02
Trading pollution credits
A private-market solution to a public problem
- By: James Langton
- August 5, 2005 August 5, 2005
- 10:54
Setting the overnight interest rate
It’s friday at noon. in a dining room in the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, the six-member governing council, headed by governor David Dodge,…
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- August 4, 2005 August 4, 2005
- 14:20
Pension consultation paper stirs debate
Employer and employee advocates are squaring off over a federal Finance Department consultation paper on possible changes to the Pension Benefits Standards Act.The major bone…
- By: Stewart Lewis
- August 4, 2005 August 4, 2005
- 14:14
Banks fire opening volleys
Selling insurance in branches opens debate
- By: Stewart Lewis
- August 4, 2005 August 4, 2005
- 11:10
Marshall back at the helm of Seamark
It was a short retirement for Peter Marshall. Less than two years after bidding the industry farewell, the former chairman, CEO and CIO of Halifax-based…
- By: Lara Hertel
- June 27, 2005 June 27, 2005
- 14:51
Trading the executive suite for a riding seat
Bill black turned down a lot of job offers after he stepped down as president and CEO of The Maritime Life Assurance Co. Instead, the…
- By: donalee Moulton
- June 27, 2005 June 27, 2005
- 14:43
Investors’ advocate vows to carry on the battle
Despite being shot down in court, Rob Kyle, a derivatives trader who is now also an investors’ advocate, pledges to carry on his fight to…
- By: James Langton
- June 27, 2005 June 27, 2005
- 14:09
Banks dominate mutual fund flows
Pessimists on the independent side of the fund industry have long worried that the banks were coming to eat their lunch. Optimists laughed at the…
- By: James Langton
- June 27, 2005 June 27, 2005
- 14:02
Royal Bank is tops in productivity
Amajor success story among Canada’s financial institutions is Royal Bank of Canada’s cost control. At the other end of the scale is CIBC, with its…
- By: Catherine Harris
- June 27, 2005 June 27, 2005
- 13:52