Industry

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(May 8, 2007) The C.D. Howe Institute is concerned that labour organizations exercise too much power in the venture capital market. York University’s Schulich School of Business professor Doug Cumming has written a study for C.D. Howe entitled Financing Entrepreneurs: Better Canadian Policy for Venture Capital. Cumming argues that better venture capital policy in Canada […]

By Staff |May 8, 2007

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M&A underscores need for global portfolio

With the addition of Alcan to a growing list of Canadian blue-chip stocks that are subject to foreign takeover bids, Canadian investors may wonder about the future of Canadian-owned companies. But just because corporate Canada is being hollowed out, it doesn’t mean an investor’s portfolio should be. On the contrary, the thinning of Canadian equities […]

By Mark Noble |May 8, 2007

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Fund fees highest in world: revised study

The study that raised the hackles of the Canadian mutual fund industry has been republished, with updated data that reaffirms its original finding: Canadian investors pay the highest fees in the financially developed world. “While the mutual fund structure is comparable from country to country, fees vary around the globe,” the authors of the report […]

By Steven Lamb |May 8, 2007

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(May 7, 2007) One of TSX Group’s directors, Doug McGregor, has resigned. McGregor is co-president and managing director, head of global investment banking and equity markets, at RBC Capital Markets. TSX didn’t explicitly state that McGregor resigned because of a conflict of interest, but it did mention his departure in the context of RBC Capital […]

By Staff |May 7, 2007

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