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Desjardins Group announces changes to executive ranks

Several new members join management committee as Denis Dubois steps into CEO role

Finfluencers

Suspended broker accused of social media scam

U.S. authorities allege that rep used Facebook, Twitch to dupe investors

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Insurers should look at AI with a domain-based approach: McKinsey

Consultant says reusable "modularity" of AI can speed adoption

Federal Reserve

Powell faces fresh challenges to Fed independence amid potential rate cuts

Fed chair has signalled central bank will resist political pressure as it weighs slowdown, inflation

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Greatway Financial becomes iA MGA

Greatway and its agents have been subject to multiple FSRA investigations

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Product roundup: Proliferation of single-stock ETFs ramps up

Purpose brings 10 new single-stock ETFs to market, along with other product news from Mackenzie, Evolve, Invesco and Manulife

Real estate

A real estate dip

Residential property prices are down even as workers are heading back to the office — is real estate the place to be?

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Canada to drop many retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods as of Sept. 1

Ottawa will retain tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos as trade talks continue

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MEG agrees to $7.9B Cenovus takeover

Friendly deal seen as a "modest take-under" faces challenge from hostile bidder Strathcona

German economy shrank by 0.3% in Q2

Berlin looks to US$582B infrastructure fund to revive growth