Industry

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(March 31, 2008) Current business owner-managers and potential company successors have a new tool for developing and implementing successful business transfer plans to a new generation of managers and owners. Developed by HEC Montréal and its partners, the original website [www.fromsuccesstosuccession.com] is intended to be useful to any person thinking about taking over or transferring […]

By Staff |March 31, 2008

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Briefly:

(March 31, 2008) Current business owner-managers and potential company successors have a new tool for developing and implementing successful business transfer plans to a new generation of managers and owners. Developed by HEC Montréal and its partners, the original website [www.fromsuccesstosuccession.com] is intended to be useful to any person thinking about taking over or transferring […]

By Staff |March 31, 2008

4 min read

Debt issuance takes a big hit

Debt markets continued to feel the effect of falling stock prices and declining consumer confidence in Q3 and Q4, according to the Investment Industry Association of Canada’s debt issuance report. In the second half of 2007, debt issuance dropped 13.8% from the first six months of the year to the last. Total bond trading also […]

By Bryan Borzykowski |March 31, 2008

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Campaign targets fee transparency

Every advisor has a different approach to disclosing fees but it’s getting more difficult to avoid the conversation. Some product providers are now aggressively pitching the low-fee argument to market their products, the latest being Barclay’s iShares, which launched a marketing campaign Monday, calling for more transparency in Canada’s investment industry. The Exchange Traded Fund […]

By Staff |March 31, 2008

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