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Slower mortgage payments could mean more money for investments

There’s no shortage of advisors suggesting that clients look to the struggling markets for bargains, but not everyone has the cash to buy extra stocks. One way to shore up some dollars is by getting your client to stop aggressively paying down his mortgage, and use the funds on equities instead. With mortgage rates as […]

By Bryan Borzykowski |August 18, 2008

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(August 15, 2008) The fallback in U.S. housing prices is far from over, a new report by TD Economics says. If housing prices are looked at from a historical and regional perspective, the nature of the crisis is not as severe as some may think. Examining the performance of house prices in the 20 major […]

By Staff |August 15, 2008

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Back-to-school tax tips

In the next few weeks Canada’s university students will be heading to their nearest big-box store to load up on pens and notebooks, but they also might want to consider visiting an accountant. John Wonfor, a national tax partner at BDO Dunwoody, in conjunction with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, released a list […]

By Bryan Borzykowski |August 15, 2008

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Fund sales experience dramatic drop: IFIC

It’s been bad month after bad month for the fund industry, as sales numbers keep falling, but July saw one of the poorest performances ever for the industry. According to new statistics released by the Investment Funds Institute of Canada, total industry assets were $685.4 billion at the end of July, down from $700.1 billion […]

By Bryan Borzykowski |August 15, 2008

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On The Shelf: Invesco Trimark adds new T-FLEX funds

(August 14, 2008) Soon-to-be retired clients usually have different investing styles than they did in their 30s. With that in mind, Invesco Trimark has created a number of new T-FLEX funds to bring more choice to people entering their non-working years. The company has created eight new T-FLEX options — bringing the total number of […]

By Staff |August 14, 2008

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By The Book: Wirth Associates fined $3,500 by BCSC

(August 14, 2008) It seems as though most investment firms would know not to conduct transactions without being registered, but apparently not everyone’s received the memo. Ontario-based Wirth Associates was fined $3,500 by the British Columbia Securities Commission for doing business in B.C. without registering under that province’s Securities Act. The offence took place between […]

By Staff |August 14, 2008

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(August 14, 2008) Thanks to Canada’s energy explosion, the Canada Pension Plan fund saw its coffers fatten by $5 billion between April 1 and June 30. That pushed the fund’s assets under management up to $127.7 billion, up from the previous quarter’s $122.7 billion. Of the windfall, $1.3 billion came from a 1% rate of […]

By Staff |August 14, 2008

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Financial planning gets a regulator

The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization has become the first regulator to propose rules about how its members supervise the non-securities related — or “financial planning” — business of their advisors. While the rules are broad in definition, they could potentially change the way dually licensed advisors do business. The proposed rule, which was introduced at […]

By Mark Noble |August 14, 2008

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Wilshire® – An Essential Element

The evolutionary AGF Elements™ portfolios provide the essential elements of successful investing in one simple solution. You have access to five innovative portfolio solutions, offering cutting edge enhancements to the fund-of-fund structure and Wilshire Associates, a leading global investment services firm. Wilshire Associates – developers of the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 IndexSM – built the […]

By Staff |August 13, 2008

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(August 13, 2008) Corporate compliance with continuous disclosure requirements has been, for the most part, satisfactory over the latest fiscal year, according to the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA). The report summarized the review program of reporting issuers other than investment funds. The CSA conducted 854 continuous disclosure reviews in the fiscal year ending March 1, […]

By Staff |August 13, 2008

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