Industry

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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements and Exemptions — more commonly referred to as registration reform — is poised to go into effect. “We have moved to harmonize, streamline and modernize the registration requirements and procedures across Canada,” says Jean St-Gelais, chair of the CSA and president & chief executive officer […]

By Staff |July 17, 2009

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Your letters to us

This week, we received many letters about our coverage on advisor compensation, individual pension plans and the Earl Jones saga. Here is what some of you had to say on the subject. Re: Compensation does not determine good advice, readers say, July 10, 2009 Reader Shawn Flannigan writes as if he doesn’t get a fee […]

By Staff |July 16, 2009

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Letter to the editor

Re: When not to IPP, July 13, 2009 Advisor.ca’s recent article on IPPs reinforces many of the commonly held misconceptions. As a member of a firm that has established almost 2,000 IPPs across Canada, I deal with these myths everyday. It is trite to state that IPPs don’t work everywhere. Of course they don’t, but […]

By Trevor Parry |July 16, 2009

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Letters to the editor

Re: Compensation does not determine good advice, July 10, 2009 Reader Shawn Flannigan writes as if he doesn’t get a fee for service. Of course he does. It’s just embedded in the management fee. The trailer on a mutual fund is as much or more than what the average advisor charges in fees. The real […]

By Susan LeRoy and Robert McEachern |July 16, 2009

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