Reader Alert: Make your views known on the TMX-LSE story. Post your thoughts at the bottom of this story and vote in our poll here. With the right fiscal foundation, Canada can successfully meet the challenges of new domestic and global investment boom, according Jim Prentice, senior executive vice president and vice chairman of CIBC. […]
Finally there is an asset class where philanthropy and desire for capital gains can cohabit without qualms or a clash. Known as impact investing, it is a growing phenomenon which requires the management of social and environmental performance alongside financial risks and returns. A participatory speaker series known as Eye4Impact kick starts March 29 in […]
The spring real estate season is just around the corner and clients may already be asking your advice about financing. Whether a fixer-upper or a new build, cost is the biggest consideration among Canadians looking to buy a home, says TD Canada Trust releases 2011 Home Buyers Report. This may be obvious to most advisors, […]
As a potent savings tool, the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) remains woefully underutilized for yet another year. A recent survey by BMO Financial Group revealed only 39% Canadians made an RRSP contribution, well below 50% as had been predicted by an earlier survey by the bank. “We are quite surprised that the number of […]
Corporate assets, revenues and profits of foreign-controlled firms in Canada took a beating as the share of Canadian-controlled firms grew at an increased pace in 2008, according to a recent Statistics Canada report.
It's a strange dance with partners on either side of the Pacific. The U.S. and China need each other, yet there is growing unease at the seemingly one-way flow of capital, jobs and technology in this relationship.
The recent global recession thoroughly churned the financial world. The developed markets chased their tails in a downward spiral, while the emerging economies floated to the top.
While some clients like the familiarity of commission-based practices, others are demanding the transparency inherent in a fee-based or fee-only practice.
Often referred to as poor cousins of emerging markets, frontier markets’ economies have now picked up the same winds of change that triggered a socio-economic avalanche in emerging markets 20 years ago.
Canada’s economy which came back on track in early 2010 started steaming ahead by the last quarter of 2010, according to a report by Statistics Canada. Surging exports (4.0%) and strong consumers demand (1.2%). emerged as the leading growth engines that fuelled a 3.3% annualized rate of growth in the fourth quarter, up from 1.8% […]