Their highly leveraged operations are not inspiring much confidence among analysts and investors
Even small businesses can become lucrative clients; partnering with an experienced group benefits advisor is a good way to start
Extended non-compete and similar cultures should smooth the merger with Royal Bank of Canada, principals say
Peer-to-peer lending has arrived
Others are now sizing up the new opportunities created by the exit of a major player
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 says the company’s strategy is to contact middle- to lower-income Canadians via the Internet, telephone and direct mail and to make the sale on simple life insurance products with which […]
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 of poor sales after a shift in its strategy.“We are reinvesting a lot into our distribution support for advisors in the regions with new sales managers,” says Denis Berthiaume, senior […]
With the exception of some companies caught up in the commodities boom, small-cap stock prices have dropped from a year ago, when they were looking expensive relative to their large-cap counterparts. “Small-cap valuations are starting to get an edge, although it’s not significant yet,” says Martin Ferguson, manager of Mawer New Canada Fund at Calgary-based […]
With a U.S. recession a major risk, finding Canadian stocks that will retain value
Canada’s largest bank is moving aggressively into the growing market for life and wealth products