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Resources help boost small/mid cap funds

Continued strong demand for resources helped to drive positive returns across the Canadian mutual fund universe, with all but one of Morningstar’s 42 Canada Fund Indices saw gains in Q1 2007. The biggest gains came in small/mid cap funds, with the Morningstar Canada Global Small/Mid Cap Equity Fund Index coming out on top with a […]

By Bryan Borzykowski |April 3, 2007

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(April 2, 2007) The Canadian Security Administrators has launched the Financial Fitness Challenge, an online investment awareness program and interactive contest that runs between April 2, 2007, and April 30, 2007. Designed to engage youth with games, a quiz, tips and interactive simulations, the program emphasizes the importance of saving and investing money for the […]

By Staff |April 2, 2007

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Insurance edges slowly toward digital age

When Alan Atkins got into the life insurance business in 1983, writing things down on paper was the only way to conduct business. Now, nearly 25 years later, little has changed — Atkins is still using couriers, filling out applications by hand and doing almost everything else as he did when he entered the biz. […]

By Bryan Borzykowski |April 2, 2007

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(March 30, 2007) Two separate reports released Friday point toward an increase in economic growth over the year and into 2008. RBC’s latest economic forecast predicts that Canada’s economy will grow by 2.5–3 per cent over that period. RBC says that while growth slowed for much of 2006, the economy regained momentum by year end, […]

By Staff |March 30, 2007

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Toronto talent shortage threatens financial services

Toronto’s financial services sector faces an unprecedented shortage of talent, which could threaten the city’s status as a world-class business centre, according to a new study by Deloitte. Having conducted interviews with more than 80 human resource managers and business leaders and 35 industry associations, the study, entitled Talent Matters and commissioned by the Toronto […]

By Mark Noble |March 30, 2007

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(March 29, 2007) BCE Inc. is denying that it is in talks with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, following widely reported rumours that the New York based private equity firm was preparing a $30 billion bid for the operator of Canada’s largest telco. “At the request of the TSX Market Regulation Services, BCE today issued a statement […]

By Staff |March 29, 2007

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The new top funds in Canada

Anyone who thought the first annual Lipper Fund Awards for Canada would simply be a repeat of the Canadian Investment Awards handed out less than four months ago was woefully mistaken. With 30 trophies up for grabs, only five funds won top fund in their category in both events. At the inaugural event hosted by […]

By Mark Brown |March 29, 2007

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(March 28, 2007) Dynamic Funds is launching the Dynamic RetirementEdge Income Portfolios, a retirement solution that will offer three options designed to meet the financial needs of investors at different stages of life. These income-yielding deposit notes incorporate seven of Dynamic’s mutual funds and have a fixed low annual fee. Offering steady capital distributions, indexed […]

By Staff |March 28, 2007

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OSC critical of CSA passport initiative

The Canadian Securities Administrators released a statement today outlining its support for a national securities passport that would allow securities sellers to file a prospectus in their home province and have the same security laws apply to their dealings across the rest of Canada. Notable for its absence of support for this measure was the […]

By Mark Noble |March 28, 2007

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Principles worth the tough slog: FSA head

The benefits of a principles-based approach to securities regulation may not be immediately clear, but such a system could be no worse than the detailed rules-based systems that have failed the markets in the past, according to John Tiner, chief executive of the UK’s Financial Services Authority. “Regulating in a more principles-based system is no […]

By Steven Lamb |March 28, 2007

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