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By John Craig |April 9, 2003

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Pension deficit not to blame for Air Canada’s troubles, says federal regulator

(April 9, 2003) Air Canada’s $1.3 billion pension plan deficit did not force the airline into bankruptcy protection, according to the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, the regulator responsible for federal pension plans. Testing earlier this year revealed the possibility of a deficit, OSFI says. The regulator then asked Air Canada to put […]

By Doug Watt |April 9, 2003

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Alberta’s securities head honcho takes seat as new CSA chair

(April 8, 2003) Alberta Securities Commission head Stephen Sibold has been given the offical nod to become the new chair of the Canadian Securities Administrators, the umbrella organization for Canada’s 13 securities regulators. Sibold takes over from British Columbia Securities Commission chair Douglas Hyndman, who served as CSA chair for the past eight years. “As […]

By John Craig |April 8, 2003

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Top 50 tax-efficient mutual funds in Canada

(April 8, 2003) "Taxes exceed management fees and brokerage commissions in their ability to erode long-term investment returns," write Amin Mawani and Moshe Milevsky, both professors at the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto, and Kamphol Panyagometh, a post-doctoral researcher working with Mawani and Milevsky. Their work, “The Impact of Personal Income […]

By Scot Blythe |April 8, 2003

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