Industry

Survey: Homeowners need help fighting debt

Canadian homeowners need reinforcements to help in their war against household debt.

By John Powell |March 29, 2011

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Franklin Templeton to streamline shelf

Franklin Templeton Investments has proposed mergers of Bissett Multinational Growth Fund and Bissett Multinational Growth Corporate Class into the Franklin World Growth Fund and Franklin World Growth Corporate Class, respectively. A special meeting of unitholders of the two terminating funds will be held on or about June 10, 2011 in Toronto. If the mergers are […]

By Staff |March 29, 2011

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Japan’s crisis energizes commodity markets

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 […]

By Vikram Barhat |March 29, 2011

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Global portfolio seen mitigating risk

Despite the explosion of high profile global risks, the appetite for global markets remains strong. In fact, a survey by Franklin Templeton found that demand for global investments will only increase over the coming decade, as investors seek to minimize their exposure to any single economy. At the time of the survey, only 34% of […]

By Staff |March 29, 2011

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