Industry

Poll finds Canadians more optimistic

Canadians are feeling more optimistic about their personal finances and may be willing to move money off of the sidelines again, according to the latest quarterly survey by Manulife Financial. When asked what they expected their finances to look like six months down the road, 52% expected no change from the present while 32% expect […]

By Steven Lamb |July 2, 2009

3 min read

Rogers Publishing acquires Employee Benefit News Canada

Rogers Publishing Limited announced today that it has acquired the assets of Employee Benefit News Canada from SourceMedia in a transaction that closed June 30, 2009. Rogers Publishing&#8212one of Canada’s largest professional content providers&#8212already publishes Benefits Canada, Avantages and Working Well; titles written for executive and specialist management responsible for the provision of pension and […]

By Jody White |July 2, 2009

2 min read

Insurance strategies for the recovery

Over the past three months, clients have likely benefited from a reversal of some of the earlier losses in their portfolio. The current equities rally has some analysts believing that the market has begun its recovery, while others judge the rally as unsustainable, with a genuine recovery still further off in the future. Regardless of […]

By Al Emid |June 30, 2009

4 min read

Face time helps clients brave the storm

Want to make your clients happy? Invest some time, says PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) latest Global Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey. Explaining recent spates of poor asset performance — in terms clients can truly understand — takes a great deal of face or phone time, the study notes. That’s a significant problem, since some firms have […]

By Philip Porado |June 30, 2009

3 min read