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Actual assets under management of advisor aren’t always worth purchasing on their own

  • November 25, 2022 November 25, 2022
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P&C brokers often want you to stay if they buy your firm

  • November 18, 2022 November 21, 2022
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Potential productivity gains when P&C broker buys an advisory firm

  • November 17, 2022 November 17, 2022
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Some brokers aim to be a one-stop shop for P&C insurance, wealth management and retirement planning

  • October 18, 2022 October 18, 2022
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It can be hard to change jobs, especially if it involves shifting to an entirely different industry.

  • June 29, 2017 April 21, 2023
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There’s one thing you can tell clients who foresee retiring before paying off the mortgages on their principal residences: They’re not alone.

  • May 25, 2017 January 24, 2020
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The T4 and T4A aren’t perfect. While taxpayers rely on these slips, and expect them to contain a straightforward listing of salary, benefits and related withholdings, sometimes employers make mistakes.

  • April 27, 2017 January 24, 2020
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When clients start cruising toward retirement, advisors need to help them preserve capital by keeping an eye on both the asset mix and where those assets are housed, says Kostas Andrikopoulos, president of KNA Strategic Wealth Consulting in Toronto. We gave him the scenario of a couple with between $500,000 and $1 million invested (75% […]

  • March 30, 2017 January 24, 2020
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Philip Porado on the five questions your clients should ask a prospective executor

  • February 16, 2017 January 24, 2020
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Philip Porado is a Toronto-based business journalist.

  • January 5, 2017 January 24, 2020
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