A participatory speaker series around impact investing, aptly named Eye4Impact, kicked off on March 29 in Montreal. The initiative is backed by TBC Capital Inc., a Montreal-based financial services firm with a mandate to provide investment strategies and solutions with a focus on impact investments. The inaugural edition of the series featured Russell Read, former […]
This month’s features an insurance debate between whole life or universal life. The debate was moderated by Dean DiSpalatro and Vikram Barhat. Universal Life Subject: Brett Simpson, chairman of Rogers Financial Group and a trustee for the Institute for Advanced Financial Education What is it and who is it for? The easiest way to describe […]
There is a new twist in the tale of global exchange consolidation. Nasdaq OMX Group and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) have made a $11.3 billion hostile bid for NYSC Euronext, adding a 19% premium to the proposed Deutsche Boerse deal announced February 10. Analysts on both sides of the Atlantic have pointed out that the latest […]
Top executives from Wellington West have categorically refuted a story in today’s Globe and Mail that the firm was in takeover talks with Montréal-based National Bank. Kish Kapoor, president of Wellington West Holdings Inc. summarily dismissed the suggestion as pure speculation. Kapoor shared with www.advisor.ca a copy of a staff circular emailed this morning to […]
A new phenomenon has been emerging in the space of socially responsible investment. It’s the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information into investment processes. The growing interest in ESG information within the mainstream investment community has meant various ESG factors are entering the vocabulary of mainstream financial analysts and fund managers. ESG investing […]
As government consider restraint and consumers curb spending, Canada’s business sector will take charge as the leading source of growth in the Canadian economy, says a report from CIBC World Markets Inc. Canadian businesses, says the report, are set to invest in productivity gains and explore export opportunities in emerging markets. “By any measure, the […]
Commodity prices have started to shake off the negative impact of Japan’s tragedy as reconstruction efforts get underway, according to a Scotiabank Report. Global energy markets stand to gain as Japan turns to imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil to offset the shortfall in its nuclear capacity, the report said. “Re-construction in Japan […]
As the world stumbles from one crisis to another, turbulence is fast becoming the new normal in financial markets. From the great recession of 2008 and the European sovereign debt crisis to the geo-political turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East, the world has experienced tremendous upheaval. And while investors waited for a respite, […]
Canadian investors in global bonds should keep an eye on recent events in Europe, but they shouldn’t lose sleep over the U.K. budget or the fall of Portugal’s government, according to fixed income experts. However bond pundits admit that tight fiscal policies are a negative for currencies. “The bad news is that historically when you […]
There has been a muted response from the Canadian financial services industry to the fall of Harper government as it treats the result of non-confidence vote as a bit of a non-event.