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Euro Pacific signs with Fidelity Clearing Canada

Fidelity Clearing Canada has inked a deal to provide comprehensive back-office support, including securities execution and clearing, for Euro Pacific Canada, a newly-established full service IIROC-registered brokerage based in Toronto. “Increasingly, broker-dealers are looking for the resources and scale of a global organization, such as Fidelity, along with the in-country expertise,” said William Henderson, CEO […]

By Staff |February 23, 2011

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Create an RRSP exit strategy

As one of Canada’s best savings programs and biggest tax breaks, the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) should be wildly popular. However, Canadians are not taking full advantage of them. Year after year, over 90% of taxpayers eligible to make RRSP contributions fail to make the maximum contribution, leaving unused contribution room on the table.

By Michael Callahan |February 23, 2011

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PlanPlus, Arius integrate advisor software

PlanPlus and Arius Software have announced the completion of initial integration between their respective service offerings for advisors. The integration of PlanPlus’s investment and financial planning software and Arius’s account opening software allows advisors to generate investment proposals in PlanPlus, then, once the client has approved, move directly into execution through automated account opening in […]

By Staff |February 23, 2011

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Horizons launches junior energy ETF

BetaPro Management has launched the Horizons GMP Junior Oil and Gas Index ETF, which offers exposure to an index of Canadian-based junior energy production companies. As the name suggests, the index was developed by GMP Securities. The ETF seeks to replicate, to the extent possible, the performance of the GMP Junior Oil and Gas Index, […]

By Staff |February 23, 2011

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