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On The Shelf: Richardson Partners offers SRI

(May 8, 2008) Richardson Partners Financial and Jantzi Research announced Thursday that they’re teaming up to offer advisors “best-of-sector” research and a new Canadian SRI mandate. Thanks to Jantzi, Richardson Partners’ advisors will have access to Canadian, U.S. and international research to help clients with their SRI investing. “For a growing number of high-net-worth individuals, […]

By Staff |May 8, 2008

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(May 8, 2008) Looking for a new job? How about president and CEO of Manulife Financial, or maybe chairman of Power Financial? At their respective annual shareholders’ meetings on Thursday, both firms announced the high-ranking executives would be retiring. Manulife’s current president and CEO, Dominic D’Alessandro, will relinquish his duties in May 2009, while Robert […]

By Staff |May 8, 2008

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Men easier prey for fraudsters: BCSC

Maybe you can blame it on testosterone, but when it comes to investment fraud, men are easy marks, according to a study by the British Columbia Securities Commission. Using data compiled by the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) in 2006 and 2007, the BCSC found that while women are approached less frequently with shady investment opportunities, […]

By Steven Lamb |May 8, 2008

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Planning tips for aspiring entrepreneurs

It’s very likely one of your clients will try his or her hand at being an entrepreneur and will look for your advice, concludes a new survey conducted by Ipsos-Reid on behalf of RBC Royal Bank. Based on the proportion of respondents to the survey who said they want to be an entrepreneur, RBC estimates […]

By Mark Noble |May 8, 2008

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