But the firm’s individual insurance sales and group retirement savings rose healthily year-over-year
Assets under management up 13% from Q1 2014
Consolidated sales up 36% over last year
Revenues, AUM climb
Bank reports growth in both fees and business volumes across three lines of business
Challenging market conditions result in subdued capital markets activity: CEO
Economic events such as lower oil prices are having an impact on the earnings of Canada's financial services companies
Seven of 10 broad sectors are expected to climb, but energy sector profits are forecast to decline 84%
The energy sector is expected to lead the decline