Industry

Advisor.ca wins Gold

Advisor.ca was awarded the Website of the Year at the 56th annual Kenneth R. Wilson Awards (KRW Awards) gala held last night in Toronto. Advisor.ca won the Gold for being the website that most successfully fulfilled its editorial mission, effectively served its audience, maximized use of the Internet and represents the highest journalistic standards. “Your […]

By Vikram Barhat |June 2, 2010

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Charting a course to IIROC

Reams of paper. Thousands of “sign here” stickies. A fully stocked drawer of pens. A generous supply of office supplies isn’t all you’ll need to make the switch from the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA) platform to the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) platform. But it is absolutely essential. Advisors who’ve […]

By Alison MacAlpine |June 2, 2010

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Hitting the HNW jackpot

Every now and then I’ll buy a lottery ticket and dream of winning millions. If I had $10 million, I’d hang out in my house on the Riviera, drive into town in my hot Italian car to pick up some wine and cheese… wait, I’d have a hot Italian butler do that for me. It’s […]

By Keith Pangretitsch |June 2, 2010

6 min read

Briefly: Unregistered advisor fined and more news

A B.C. man who conducted business as an unregistered adviser has been fined $10,000 by the British Columbia Securities Commission and must pay back the approximately $64,000 in fees he charged to 11 investors. Between May 2006 and September 2007, Basil Roy Botha, a former registrant, admitted he charged investors on a fee-for-profit basis and […]

By Staff |June 2, 2010

3 min read