Amendments to nova Scotia’s Securities Act, recently passed by the province’s legislature, will significantly boost enforcement powers and, for the first time, allow delegation of…
A pair of canadian mutual fund managers have boots on the ground in Europe, a situation that may give them a distinct advantage in investment…
Britain’s experience in creating its own super-regulator shows that a cataclysmic Big Bang is probably required in Canada to make such a fundamental overhaul of…
Crocus Investment Fund’s seven-month trading halt has become permanent, and some industry observers fear the fallout from the failure of the embattled labour-sponsored fund will…
Court says dealers can refuse business that may expose them to damage
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If there’s one thing that can be said about retirement, it’s that it’s getting longer and longer. A new report from HSBC Bank Canada on…
As assets at altamira Investment Services Inc. continue to shrink, many of its former staff who now run their own businesses are riding a tidal…
Nova scotia, like the nation itself, is being run by a minority government. But John Hamm’s Tories, unlike Paul Martin’s Liberals, are in an enviable…
Cuts in the capital tax rates in Quebec and Nova Scotia, and a reduction in New Brunswick’s small business tax rate, were very welcome measures…
Already the most dominant insurance player in Canada, Great-West Lifeco Inc. has taken the first step in becoming an international powerhouse with a new acquisition…
The deck chairs have been rearranged on the good ship IGM Financial Inc. and the three executives leading the Winnipeg-based juggernaut say it is full…
Michael Ruge, a hedge-fund promoter in Victoria, professed to be a great humanitarian and, even worse, a great friend to the people he victimized, many…
Alban d’amours, ceo of Quebec’s giant Desjardins Group, was in Toronto recently to buck up the troops at Desjardins Securities Inc. after the sudden departure…
When it comes to actually trading equities, the securities industry appears to agree that “best execution” means more than just getting the best price. There’s…
Market regulation Services Inc. and the Canadian Securities Administrators are butting heads over the market regulator’s desire to extend trade-through obligations to institutional investors. Rather…
Kevin McFadden’s business partner is probably the only mortgage professional in Canada whose mere presence causes an autograph frenzy. McFadden, a benefits consultant with Sigurdson…
Investors familiar with the highly-regulated Canadian securities industry may find London’s Alternative Investment Market more like a reckless, free-fire zone. In fact, the AIM approach…
On the surface, the 2005 provincial budgets appear to be standard fare. The provinces welcomed the additional transfers from Ottawa for health-care spending and focused…
It’s not hard to imagine what Canadian dealers see in London’s Alternative Investment Market. Canaccord Capital Inc. is already mining the AIM for healthy profits.…
It was fitting that banners displaying the theme of this year’s Juno Awards — “the flatter the land, the harder the rock” — were still…
Jean st-gelais, a soft-spoken man of 45, does not intend to rock any boats in his new job as chairman of the Canadian Securities Administrators.…
John montalbano, newly appointed president of Vancouver-based Phillips, Hager and North Investment Management Ltd., foresees an increasingly competitive arena in the money management business, and…
In the five months since Richard Nesbitt took the helm at TSX Group Inc., he has set an ambitious and aggressive agenda for Canada’s largest…
It didn’t take long for the New York Stock Exchange to react to a Securities and Exchange Commission decision that increases the importance of electronic…