CIBC reports that its board of directors declared a dividend of $1.27 per share on common shares for the quarter ending July 31, 2017, payable on July 28, 2017. As previously announced on May 4, 2017, in the event that the merger between CIBC and PrivateBancorp is imminent but not completed as of June 28, […]
Mackenzie Investments is changing the distributions for the Mackenzie Monthly Income Balanced Portfolio and Mackenzie Monthly Income Conservative Portfolio.
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Canada’s insurance industry isn’t shrinking from the proposal for a closer regulatory oversight. But key stakeholders say lots remains to be done to fulfil the regulators’ mandate.
The Canadian life and health insurance industry is witnessing some dramatic developments. Barely a day after Standard Life's announcement that it would discontinue its individual life insurance and critical illness products, there is word that Sun Life Financial has dismantled its long term care insurance (LTCI) specialist model.
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