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Make better use of existing programs, such as group RRSPs and TFSAs, and use public information campaigns, group says

  • September 17, 2015 October 30, 2019
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Surveys from Sun Life and RBC reveal that retirement, as we know it, is becoming ever more challenging for Canadians

  • February 27, 2015 October 30, 2019
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While Canadians see cash and fixed-income as good investments, Americans see equities as the way to go, a recent survey suggests

  • February 15, 2015 October 30, 2019
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The value of Canadian IPOs rose last year but remained lacklustre, with a few major deals in the oil and gas sector driving the upward trend

  • January 15, 2015 October 30, 2019
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The good news is that actively managed small- and mid-cap Canadian equity funds outperformed their benchmarks

  • October 23, 2014 October 30, 2019
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As politicians look at forcing Canadians to save more for their retirement by supplementing forced pension programs, a paper published by the C.D. Howe Institute, a Toronto-based think-tank, says the solution is right in front of us: the venerable RRSP. In a paper released in mid-September, Alexandre Laurin, associate director of research with the C.D. […]

  • September 18, 2014 October 30, 2019
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Portfolio managers did particularly well last year, beating benchmarks solidly, partly due to gold's massive decline

  • March 1, 2014 October 30, 2019
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Real estate investment trusts drove the IPO market to $2.7 billion in 2013, almost double the figure of 2012 but about half of the $5.5 billion reached in 2011

  • January 15, 2014 October 30, 2019
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After a period of falling debt, Canadians are on a worrisome path of rising debt and low-return investing

  • November 12, 2013 October 30, 2019
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The national independent brokerage has hired an executive with deep connections to Quebec in order to ramp up its business

  • October 27, 2013 October 30, 2019
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