Must-have skills for life agents as industry evolves
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- By: Michelle Schriver
- March 21, 2025 March 27, 2025
- 14:14
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Deals: CDPQ invest in impact engineering firm Norda Stelo
Plus, MNP buys Houle and Associates and Manafort sells mortgage lending business
- By: IE Staff
- March 21, 2025 March 21, 2025
- 14:08
Carney confirms Liberals won’t proceed with planned capital gains tax change
The changes were expected to generate roughly $19.4 billion in tax revenue over five years
- By: Craig Lord, The Canadian Press
- March 21, 2025 March 21, 2025
- 13:54
U.S. private credit default rate rises: Fitch
Average monthly default numbers are up this year
- By: James Langton
- March 21, 2025 March 21, 2025
- 13:42
SEC commissioner questions regulator’s new guidance on crypto mining
Caroline Crenshaw cautioned against suggestion that mining activity doesn't involve securities
- By: James Langton
- March 21, 2025 March 21, 2025
- 13:39
Manulife board sets incoming CEO’s pay package at around US$10M
Two board members will step down as terms expire
- By: Jonathan Got
- March 21, 2025 March 23, 2025
- 12:43
EU delays retaliatory trade action to mid-April
Officials said they'll use the time to assess the impacts of U.S. tariffs and try to work out a deal
- By: The Associated Press
- March 21, 2025 March 21, 2025
- 11:15
Retail sales drop 0.6% in January to $69.4B
Preliminary figures for February point to a 0.4% decline
- By: The Canadian Press
- March 21, 2025 March 21, 2025
- 09:15
FINRA looks to facilitate capital raising
SRO consulting on possible reforms to rules around research, underwriting
- By: James Langton
- March 20, 2025 March 21, 2025
- 17:31
U.S. and Canada could face recession amid trade war: Desjardins
Fed forecast to cut deeper with the possibility of a recession looming in the U.S.
- By: James Langton
- March 20, 2025 March 20, 2025
- 16:37
Four investment themes for a volatile market
Invesco’s Rene Reyna is (kind of) all in on AI, Chinese tech, U.S. defence and big American banks
- By: Kevin Press
- March 20, 2025 March 20, 2025
- 14:11
Bank of Canada signals shift in how it sets rates amid tariff uncertainty
BoC is trying to set monetary policy that can cover a range of scenarios tied to ongoing trade war: Macklem
- By: Craig Lord, The Canadian Press
- March 20, 2025 March 20, 2025
- 13:15
Europe’s wealth managers set to consolidate: Fitch
Rising costs, revenue competition to drive search for added scale
- By: James Langton
- March 20, 2025 March 20, 2025
- 13:07
Oil prices climb, Canadian equities fall as talks to end Middle East war stall
Meanwhile, the U.S. stock market held relatively steady near its records
- By: Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press
- April 29, 2026 April 29, 2026
- 17:22
Industry innovates, but financial health suffers
Paper calls for guardrails against negative side effects of digital innovation
- By: James Langton
- April 29, 2026 April 29, 2026
- 16:09
Structured finance outlooks dim as economy wobbles
Asset performance to weaken as growth slows and inflation, rates face pressure
- By: James Langton
- April 29, 2026 April 29, 2026
- 15:50
Crypto money launderer gets prison in U.S.
Shell companies, crypto exchange processed US$470 million in drug money
- By: James Langton
- April 29, 2026 April 29, 2026
- 15:55
CFTC asserts oversight of prediction markets
In series of legal filings, regulator claims exclusive jurisdiction
- By: James Langton
- April 29, 2026 April 29, 2026
- 09:29
FCA launches ESG ratings pilot
Project designed to avoid creating needless burden with new regime
- By: James Langton
- April 28, 2026 April 28, 2026
- 12:39
Powell plans to stay on at Fed after his term as chair ends
The Fed left its benchmark interest rate unchanged for 3rd straight meeting on Wednesday
- By: Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press
- April 29, 2026 April 29, 2026
- 14:24
Corient plans expansion into Canada
U.S. subsidiary of CI Financial seeks to plug "gap" in Canadian ultra-high-net-worth market
- By: IE Staff
- April 29, 2026 April 29, 2026
- 13:50
Foreign direct investment in Canada up 6.9% in 2025
Meanwhile, Canadian direct investment abroad rose 2.8% to $2.4 trillion
- By: Jonathan Got
- April 29, 2026 April 29, 2026
- 12:46
Fed chair Powell may reveal next steps Wednesday
Powell has signalled he could stay on Fed board after term as chair ends May 15
- By: Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press
- April 28, 2026 April 28, 2026
- 10:21
Kevin Gopaul to head up VanEck’s expansion into Canada
Seasoned ETF exec will help asset manager build "an entire footprint" in the country
- By: Alisha Hiyate
- April 24, 2026 April 24, 2026
- 17:30
Industry moves: Former BMO private wealth head Geoff Newton joins RBC Wealth Management
Plus, another BMO alum joins software firm, new faces at Manulife and Optimize Wealth, and more
- By: Alisha Hiyate
- April 24, 2026 April 24, 2026
- 16:05
Product roundup: First Trust launches energy ETF
Plus, a new gold bullion mutual fund and a slew of product lineup changes
- By: Noushin Ziafati
- April 24, 2026 April 24, 2026
- 17:15
Opinion: Insurers need to call the same riders by the same names
Clarity for clients makes it easier to shop across carriers
- By: Jonathan Got
- April 22, 2026 April 22, 2026
- 12:59
‘Market weakness’ causes mutual fund, ETF asset declines in March: SIMA
At the same time, both fund types recorded positive net sales
- By: Noushin Ziafati
- April 21, 2026 April 21, 2026
- 15:52