Advisors generally have good relations with their mutual fund dealers and MGAs, say respondents to our annual Distribution research project. “We have virtually nine in ten strongly or somewhat agreeing that they have a good working relationship with their dealer or their MGA,” Tricia Benn, Director of Research for Rogers Publishing Limited, told an audience […]
Running a high-end hotel teaches a person all there is to know about providing seamless service. It’s an art form that Natalie Jamison, an advisor with Jamison Family Wealth Management, RBC Dominion Securities, took with her when she made the transition to succeed her father, Neil, at his established advisory practice in Oakville, Ont. “Working […]
For the most part, Canada offers the world an open-door policy – and that’s a good thing for a country with a smaller population than the state of California. This country needs newcomers. It needs their ideas, their energy, and their drive to propel the economy forward. And it needs their desire to live and […]
Until recently, 40-year-old Thorn Lodge Public School in Mississauga, Ontario had no playground. But that all changed this summer, when volunteers built an entire playground from scratch in a single day. The new playground, designed by children for children, will serve nearly 6,000 area families. The not-for-profit playground-building organization KaBOOM!, along with more than 200 […]
Compliance officers and branch managers should keep an eye on their reps for any evidence of outside business activity. A look at several recent hearing notices issued by the Investments Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) shows the regulator taking registered persons to task when they sell products outside their registration mandates. Among the actions […]
When Natalie Jamison, an advisor with Jamison Family Wealth Management, RBC Dominion Securities, stepped in to succeed her father, she knew there would have to be some emphasis shift. She found the driver of that shift in women and entrepreneurs—two client categories that often intersect. Natalie started a Women & Wealth newsletter in 2007, which […]
During late 2008 and throughout 2009, plenty was said about the plight of baby boomers for whom retirement was looming. But what of the next generation in line? Advisors, busy helping nervous boomers, didn't have a lot of time to devote to Canadians between the ages of 30 and 45. In fact, a 2008 Dollars […]
Compliance officers and branch managers should keep an eye on their reps for any evidence of outside business activity. A look at several recent hearing notices issued by the Investments Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) shows the regulator taking registered persons to task when they sell products outside their registration mandates. Among the actions […]
With provinces warming to the idea of enhancement to Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits, it looks as if legislators will soon be able to get to work on the details. “The careers are getting shorter, and the retirements are getting longer,” Laurier Guimond, senior program officer, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, told the CIFPS […]
Running a high-end hotel teaches a person all there is to know about providing seamless service. It’s an art form that Natalie Jamison, an advisor with Jamison Family Wealth Management, RBC Dominion Securities, took with her when she made the transition to succeed her father, Neil, at his established advisory practice in Oakville, Ont. “Working […]