Canadians dug themselves a deeper hole in 2011 as household debt rose to record levels.
The Supreme Court of Canada says the federal government does not have the power to unilaterally create a national securities regulator through legislation, but reaction to the decision suggests there might still be a way forward, through federal and provincial co-operation.
Europe needs to follow a basic, but necessary, five-point action plan if it is to recover from the current financial crisis, says Arvind Virmani, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Director, India.
There was significant merger activity among world stock exchanges in 2011 with proposed deals totaling more than $30 billion. But none of the agreements have been finalized, including a bid for Toronto Stock Exchange owner TMX Group worth $3.8 billion.
Rajagopal has always treated Jerry and Judy as separate clients, with separate accounts. “They came to me together, but when we started discussing risk tolerance,” they revealed their divergent points of view.
It’s been six years since the federal government moved to scrap foreign content limits in registered plans in an effort to open up the market to international investments. Yet Canadians still prefer investing closer to home
The outcome of the European debt crisis is “genuinely unpredictable” with politicians facing “horrifying” choices, according to Martin Wolf, associate editor of the Financial Times, who spoke in Ottawa Monday at an event organized by Canada 2020.
Mary Jane McQuillen has been described as a rock star in the world of socially responsible investing. The New York City-based fund manager heads up the ESG (environmental, social and governance) division of Clearbridge Advisors, which was recently appointed to sub-advise the Meritas U.S. Equity Fund. McQuillen was in Victoria this week, speaking at the […]
Transitioning your practice to SRI can be a painless process, according to one advisor who made the move successfully. Gail Taylor of Gail Taylor and Associates at CIBC Wood Gundy in Edmonton has a $100 million SRI book and more than 100 clients. Speaking at the Canadian Responsible Investment Conference in Victoria this week, Taylor […]
Socially responsible assets in Canada dropped roughly 8%, to $531 billion as of June 30, 2010, compared with $579 billion in 2008, according to the biennial SRI review, released today by the Social Investment Organization. However, SRI still represents about one-fifth of total Canadian assets under management, about the same level as 2008. “SRI has […]