Industry

OSC issues cease trade order against Juniper funds

The Ontario Securities Commission issued a cease trade order last week against the Juniper Equity Growth and the Juniper Income funds. A hearing has been scheduled before the Commission on Thursday, March 23, 2006 to determine whether the temporary order should be extended. The OSC says its staff has been conducting a compliance review into […]

By Kate McCaffery |March 13, 2006

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Net redemptions take their toll

Six months of net redemptions at AIM Trimark has highlighted advisor and client concerns about current holdings and their wariness of new deposits. As with preceding months, February’s net redemptions of $289 million resulted from both of those factors. Inflows fell by almost 50% compared to February 2005, while total redemptions rose by 14%. Most […]

By Al Emid |March 13, 2006

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IDA appeal has wider implications

The IDA has quietly launched an appeal of a Saskatchewan hearing panel decision that threatens to unravel the regulator’s power to discipline its former members. Although the case has attracted little public attention, it could force Canada’s securities commissions to act if the IDA loses. Last month, a Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission hearing panel determined […]

By Mark Brown |March 10, 2006

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The real estate debate: boom or bubble?

Real estate values have been on a tear for the past five years in many parts of Canada, as low interest rates have encouraged investors to enter the housing market. With easy access to cheap money and innovations such as “zero-down” mortgages, many Canadians have dipped their toes into real estate as an investment. As […]

By Steven Lamb |March 10, 2006

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