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Scotiabank has expanded its international footprint with the purchase of The Royal Bank of Scotland’s wholesale banking operations in Colombia. This is Scotia’s debut into the country, making it the first Canadian-owned wholesale institution with a presence in Colombia. The deal is effective immediately, with the bank having secured all necessary regulatory approvals. The new […]
By Steven Lamb |August 3, 2010
2 min read
Bank of Montreal is giving Christine A. Edwards, partner in Winston & Strawn’s corporate practice group, a seat on its board of directors. A 25-year veteran of the financial services industry, the Chicago-based Edwards focuses on the regulation of the financial services industry, corporate governance and public and regulatory policy issues for Winston & Strawn. […]
By Staff |August 3, 2010
3 min read
An exclusive club for high-net worth clients is about to raise the bar for competent and objective advice in Canada. The advisor community, however, says the new club, Tiger 21, is far from a threat. Even the club insists they are not predatory; neither in instinct nor in intention. But somewhere between dismissive insouciance and […]
By Vikram Barhat |August 3, 2010
5 min read
Running a high-end hotel teaches a person all there is to know about providing seamless service. It’s an art form that Natalie Jamison, an advisor with Jamison Family Wealth Management, RBC Dominion Securities, took with her when she made the transition to succeed her father, Neil, at his established advisory practice in Oakville, Ont. “Working […]
By Philip Porado |August 3, 2010
A cursory look at the technology industry’s performance over the last decade suggests the sector has been sucking wind since the tech bubble burst in 2000. Case in point: a glance at any run-of-the-mill Canadian equity fund reveals that – despite some bumps – ten-year returns are generally positive. Contrast that with the losses, sometimes […]
By Nancy Turner |August 1, 2010
10 min read
For the most part, Canada offers the world an open-door policy – and that’s a good thing for a country with a smaller population than the state of California. This country needs newcomers. It needs their ideas, their energy, and their drive to propel the economy forward. And it needs their desire to live and […]
By Philip Porado |August 1, 2010
Until recently, 40-year-old Thorn Lodge Public School in Mississauga, Ontario had no playground. But that all changed this summer, when volunteers built an entire playground from scratch in a single day. The new playground, designed by children for children, will serve nearly 6,000 area families. The not-for-profit playground-building organization KaBOOM!, along with more than 200 […]
Clients often want their advisors to be proactive, but foreign exchange is an issue most advisors are reactive about. Currency volatility continues to impact the bottom line of owner-operated businesses as well as their portfolio investments. Moreover, currency volatility hides the high margins banks generate on foreign-exchange transactions, whether from small businesses paying invoices in […]
By Mark Borkowski |August 1, 2010
6 min read
Kenneth Tsang, director, vice-president and investment advisor at RBC Dominion Securities in Toronto, has been advising the Chinese community for over three decades now. During this period, he’s seen a change in the mindset and education level of new immigrants. Compared to immigrants in the 1980s and 1990s, he says, the newer generations are better […]
By Rayann Huang |August 1, 2010
Unlike the average newcomer, business immigrants are not concerned with putting food on the table, but rather with how to continue their success and possibly reach new heights through endeavours in the new country. Their challenges and needs are unique, and largely involve grasping a new financial system that works very differently than the one […]
By Vikram Barhat |August 1, 2010
7 min read
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