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China can play ‘hard to get’ on trade: CIBC

When the tariff pause expires next month, U.S. may be much softer on China

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Product roundup: A slew of XRP ETFs launch

Plus, new Quebec, U.S. equity and leveraged U.S. index ETFs

Real estate

FSB flags threats to real estate investors

Report details liquidity, leverage, valuation, and contagion risks lurking in commercial real estate sector

Agreement win-win

Deals: Sagard is taking Lorne Park private

Plus, Navacord Vanta Life launched and Oxford buys office space in Western Canada

Robber captured

Rep fined, banned for stealing from a client

Firm repaid almost $600,000 to client for losses, DSC fees, tax, lost gains

Retail sales

Retail sales up 0.3% in April to $70.1B

However, initial figures for May point to a 1.1% slide: Statistics Canada

Investment pool

Fund sales, assets rebound in May: SIMA

Mutual fund sales turn positive, ETF sales rise, AUM climbs too

calendar court

Former U.K. fund analyst convicted for insider dealing

Analyst traded on confidential info ahead of public disclosure

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BCSC disgorgement order survives bankruptcy

Court confirms that regulator's order targeting ill-gotten gains can't be wiped away

Maybe ignorance of the law is an excuse after all

SEC issues required new guidance on criminal referrals

U.S. Senate introduces exceptions to proposed excise tax on money transfers

But both House and Senate are "on board for some version of this chaos," lawyer says of U.S. tax bill

usinesswoman studies financial market to calculate possible risks and profit

CSA contemplates ETF reforms

Paper proposes changes tailored to the unique features of ETFs

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Canada announces retaliatory measures on U.S. steel, aluminum tariffs

Countermeasures aim to protect domestic steel and aluminum industries from unfair trade practices

Broken piggy bank with bandage on it

Credit card payment rates down, delinquencies rising

The average card balance for the two-year period ended March 2025 was $3,098