Fixed-income investing will continue to play a crucial role for investors, even as three decades of bond-market gains appear likely to come to an end, according to a research paper by Russell Investments.
Halifax-based SEAMARK Asset Management Ltd. has completed its transaction with LeeSide Capital Management Inc. to acquire LeeSide’s assets under management.
Financial executives believe that heightened focus on risk will increase demands on audit committees and, by extension, company CFOs over the next two years, according to a survey by the Canadian Financial Executives Research Foundation.
It looks like Ontario has put a roadblock up against Ottawa’s proposed pension reforms, pushing instead for changes to the CPP.
Quebec has announced it will introduce voluntary retirement savings plans (VRSPs), targeted at small and medium-sized enterprises and the self-employed. VRSPs will come into force on Jan. 1, 2013.
Good news for advisors dealing with executives—it looks like ongoing market volatility hasn’t affected North American compensation plans.
Canadians have doubts about their private and government-funded pension plans, according to a survey carried out as part of the National Bank of Canada’s Retirement Index.
Women and men may agree on how to define financial success, but not necessarily on how to get there, according to the latest TD Waterhouse Women Investor Poll.
When it comes to finances, Canadians are not completely illiterate, but they might be over-rating their own knowledge of financial matters. There is definitely room for improvement, according to the inaugural BMO Financial Literacy Report Card.
Stay the course and remain calm. That’s the message from the Portfolio Management Association of Canada’s membership on how to best cope with current market volatility and global economic troubles.