Diversification is an effective hedge against market volatility, according to BMO, which is reminding Canadians to not put all their eggs in one basket. It must be almost Easter.
Emerging markets are dishing out healthy returns to investors—and a big slice of humble pie to detractors.
Aside from his $110 brogues, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s budget had little that was new for the nation’s senior population.
Most advisors tend to focus on the part of the book that generates the most revenue. In doing so, they often fail to take advantage of opportunities elsewhere.
The Ontario budget tabled yesterday included provisions that would see high-income seniors pay a new income-tested deductible on the provincial drug plan, starting August, 2014.
The OSC is intensifying its effort to weed out delinquent dealers from the securities industry. To show it means business, the regulator has created a dedicated registrant conduct and risk analysis team, which operates within the larger compliance and registration regulation branch of the commission.
The mortgage war reignited by BMO barely a couple of weeks ago may end sooner than expected as RBC decides to raise its residential mortgage rates, effective March 29, 2012, promptly followed by Toronto-Dominion Bank. Both RBC and TD are moving their special four-year fixed-rate mortgages up by 50 basis points to 3.49%. The rate […]
Murphy’s Law says anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Yet many Canadians aren’t heeding this warning when it comes to their finances.
When a whole 45-minute session at a compliance conference is committed to the use of social media in the financial services industry, it’s a sign that saying “no” to social media is no longer an option for advisory firms.
Canada's economy may have grown at a moderate pace last year, but it’s poised for a year of solid growth in 2012, according to the latest RBC Economic Outlook issued by RBC Economics Research.