David Beatty, managing director of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, believes that the shareholder’s “best line of defence” in ensuring that companies behave as…
If TD Life Insurance Co. could be the Amazon.ca of Canadian life insurance sales, that would suit its president.Like the online book retailer, Sean Kilburn…
Although the Canada Pension Plan seems to be going from strength to strength, things are not looking quite so rosy for the Quebec Pension Plan.…
The new “passport” system of securities regulation coming into effect on Mar. 17 is designed to streamline the red tape associated with filing a prospectus…
Albertans like their cowboy hats big, their steaks bigger and their taxes simple. That’s the consensus from a panel of experts in the only province…
With a federal election just a failed non-confidence vote away, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation has presented some possible campaign fodder should the governing Tories be…
Quebec’s financial regulator has lowered the boom on a former evangelical pastor turned investment advisor who is alleged to have sold illegal investments to members…
The merger mania that has swept among credit unions in Canada for more than a decade has now spread to Nova Scotia with the proposed…
As the fallout from the demise of the Crocus Investment Fund continues to wash through Manitoba financial circles, the provincial government has quietly put a…
An action for breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment against the Ontario Municipal Employ-ees Retirement System, which is one of Canada’s largest pension plans,…
The global banking business has taken a pounding over the past two quarters, and there’s every indication of more pain to come in the following…
Promutuel Capital Trust Co. Inc. is hoping its acquisition of beleaguered Triglobal Capital Management Inc.’s assets and goodwill will give the firm the breakthrough it…
Standard Life Canada aims to finish a hiring campaign by the end of the first quarter to help it recover from more than a year…
Apart from the desire for lower taxes, there are few things on which all facets of the Canadian financial services industry can agree. And when…
Tax reductions, improved business productivity and incentives to encourage Canadians to save for retirement — these are the common themes several financial services industry interest…
In March 1994, in Invest–ment Executive’s research report on women in the financial services industry, a woman broker predicted that in “five or 10 years,”…
In an era in which some senior and near-senior citizens still feel uncomfortable using an ATM or telephone banking system, a trio of 60-plus members…
For regulators, as for many organizations, hiring and hanging onto quality employees is a challenge. Indeed, that chore appears to be at the heart of…
It looks as if this year will be the last RRSP season for ENSIS Growth Fund. The fund appears destined to vanish from the investing…
Once purely regional, credit unions are looking to take on the big banks
Amendments to the province’s Securities Act bring it in line with Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec and British Columbia
The demutualization — sponsored by Foresters — would be the first of its kind in Canada
Burgeonvest Bick Corp. will offer clients specialized products and services from its IDA, MFDA and insurance platforms
Lower fees and greater access to sister funds should benefit investors
Canada’s largest bank is moving aggressively into the growing market for life and wealth products