Scotiabank swallows another discount broker
The acquisition of E*Trade Canada doubles the bank’s presence in the online brokerage sweepstakes
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- July 28, 2008 July 28, 2008
- 12:13
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New Brunswick proposes tax overhaul
New report proposes revamping — and cutting — both personal and corporate taxes
- By: donalee Moulton
- July 28, 2008 July 28, 2008
- 12:13
Feds lower the boom on long-term mortgages
But mortgage experts say the new rules are not likely to affect the market significantly
- By: Monica Townson
- July 28, 2008 July 28, 2008
- 12:13
Advocis aims to get bankers licensed
Regulators will soon start to look at this recommendation — and others — concerning incidental sales of insurance
- By: Gavin Adamson
- July 28, 2008 July 28, 2008
- 12:13
Inching toward reform
A proposal to reform the SEC’s “foreign broker” rule is a good first step
- By: James Langton
- July 28, 2008 July 28, 2008
- 12:13
Insider-trading settlement raises important questions
The case of a CV Technologies executive highlights various problems with the settlement process
- By: David Baines
- July 28, 2008 July 28, 2008
- 12:13
A strength or a weakness?
Reform gets hung up in provincial differences
- By: James Langton
- July 2, 2008 July 2, 2008
- 11:37
Subprime crisis fallout is still biggest worry
It appears that inflation has replaced the credit crunch as the financial markets’ biggest worry. Although the markets’ collective attention may have waned, that doesn’t…
- By: James Langton
- July 2, 2008 July 2, 2008
- 11:37
Credit crunch dominates discussion at IOSCO meeting
Crisis occurred after many market players ignored some pretty obvious warnings
- By: James Langton
- July 2, 2008 July 2, 2008
- 11:37
Securities dealers get lots of advice on relationships
But some are baffled as to just what the regulators are trying to accomplish
- By: James Langton
- July 2, 2008 July 2, 2008
- 11:37
The talent squeeze
Financial services firms, both in Canada and globally, are expecting a huge growth in assets under management over the next several years as wealth is…
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- July 2, 2008 July 2, 2008
- 11:37
More than $86 million missing in Triglobal scandal
The troubled firm's provisional administrator is encouraging others who suffered losses to come forward
- By: Kate Betts-Wilmott
- July 2, 2008 July 2, 2008
- 11:37
Bankers ride out the credit turmoil (includes charts)
As the average AUM declines, account managers report a sharp increase in smaller accounts
- By: James Langton
- July 2, 2008 July 2, 2008
- 11:37
ABCP, volatile markets take toll
Financial services quarterly profit survey
- By: Catherine Harris
- July 2, 2008 July 2, 2008
- 11:37
Better oversight by getting lawmakers together
Jean St-Gelais, beginning his second term as head of the AMF, says the regulator is “taking flight” after a rocky start
- By: Don Macdonald
- June 3, 2008 June 3, 2008
- 09:22
Credit unions: Are ongoing mergers a threat to core values?
Credit unions fear losing what sets them apart
- By: Rudy Mezzetta
- June 3, 2008 June 3, 2008
- 09:22
Industrial Alliance expands wealth management
But Transamerica Life Canada is pulling back on that business to focus on manufacturing life insurance and annuity products
- By: Gavin Adamson
- June 3, 2008 June 3, 2008
- 09:22
A rare look into the ultra wealthy’s single-family offices
Managing wealth for a single family can make an advisor’s life easier on many fronts
- By: James Langton
- June 3, 2008 June 3, 2008
- 09:22
More provinces could face deficits
While resources drive prosperity for some, Ontario could become a have-not
- By: Catherine Harris
- June 3, 2008 June 3, 2008
- 09:22
Great-West Lifeco shuffles its management
McFeetors moves to the chairman’s office, while three other execs take over the firm’s Canadian, U.S. and European divisions
- By: Geoff Kirbyson
- June 3, 2008 June 3, 2008
- 09:22
Credit crunch keeps fixed mortgage rates high
But gap between fixed mortgage rates and short-term interest rates is in line with historical levels
- By: Catherine Harris
- June 3, 2008 June 3, 2008
- 09:22
HSBC Securities’ new CEO aims for growth
Lorne Harper wants to use the brokerage firm’s parent’s strong name to attract new clients
- By: Clare O’Hara
- June 3, 2008 June 3, 2008
- 09:22
When politicians go corporate
Enforcement staff atthe B.C. Securities Com-mission in Vancouver last month cited former NDP member of Parliament Nelson Riis for making false and misleading representations about…
- By: David Baines
- June 3, 2008 June 3, 2008
- 09:22
CRA clarifies rule on interest payments on spousal loans
Clients could lose out on a key income-splitting technique if the interest is not paid by the end of January
- By: Regan Ray
- June 3, 2008 June 3, 2008
- 09:22
Are wrap programs the best vehicle for clients?
Clients like them because they provide the “sleep well at night” factor; advisors like them because they are easy to sell
- By: Geoff Kirbyson
- June 3, 2008 June 3, 2008
- 09:22