Practice

Does your compensation create conflicts?

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published a staff notice that looks at firms' compensation arrangements and incentive practices that are used to motivate representatives’ day-to-day behaviours.

By Staff |December 15, 2016

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3 reasons retirement shouldn’t be a full stop

The old adage, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life,” is never truer than on a client’s last day on the job. And advances in medical technology mean that, for many, the rest of their life could be a very long time. You might also like… In fact, they could well […]

By Camilla Cornell |December 15, 2016

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A third of working Canadians have no retirement savings: poll

Three in 10 Canadians currently working say they haven’t saved a cent for retirement, finds a poll by Insights West and Credential Financial. The survey also found 18% of retirees say they have to work in retirement to support themselves and nearly a third enter retirement with more debt than they had anticipated. Read: 2017 […]

By Staff |December 14, 2016

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Will parents benefit from new childcare framework?

If your client is the parent of young children, he might have more disposable income once childcare funding becomes available. This is important because, as a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives suggests, childcare fees in some of Canada’s biggest cities has skyrocketed over the last three years, rising an average of […]

By Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |December 12, 2016

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