Two of the mergers are expected to be completed by March 8
A flat yield curve — or, worse, an inverted one — will make business for banks, life insurance companies and utilities more difficult. Either curvature also is a sign of poor business conditions ahead
Despite challenges on the domestic front, managers of Canadian-focused equity funds are finding opportunities
The company will terminate one of the ETFs on which it’s raising the risk rating
Trade disputes and protectionism will dampen exports, but the USMCA removes uncertainties
IIROC will publish one- and three-month BA rates on its website beginning in January 2019
Downgrades of speculative-grade liquidity ratings slightly outnumbered upgrades in August
Energy, telecom and agricultural products companies accounted for most of the downgrades
Publishing the data recognizes IIROC’s ability to leverage data already collected by it for regulatory purposes
Corporate debt levels for non-financial companies are now higher than they were in the run up to the global financial crisis,