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Change coming to mortgage stress test
The qualifying rate will now reflect mortgage rates offered by lenders
- By: Staff, with files from The Canadian Press
- February 18, 2020 February 18, 2020
- 14:38
Are low-volatility equity ETFs performing as planned?
A five-year analysis of Canadian funds
- By: Raymond Kerzérho
- February 18, 2020 February 18, 2020
- 14:10
Advocis officially launches advisor credential
The Professional Financial Advisor designation could be an approved credential required by title regulation
- By: Staff
- February 18, 2020 February 18, 2020
- 13:47
Couple charged in connection with CRA scams
The RCMP reports that CRA scams have cost victims $16.8 million over the past five years
- February 18, 2020 February 18, 2020
- 12:09
Corporate leverage at record high, says OECD
And poorer credit quality highlights economic vulnerability
- By: James Langton
- February 18, 2020 February 18, 2020
- 12:06
CIBC partners with RE/MAX to help homebuyers
Homebuyers in Ontario and Atlantic Canada will gain access to the bank's mobile mortgage advisors
- By: Staff
- February 18, 2020 February 18, 2020
- 11:50
Franklin Templeton buying Legg Mason for US$4.5 billion
The deal will create a company with $1.5 trillion in assets under management
- By: The Associated Press
- February 18, 2020 February 18, 2020
- 11:24
HSBC to cut jobs as net profit drops by 53% in 2019
The bank expects to cut 35,000 positions over the next three years
- By: Danica Kirka, Elaine Kurtenbach, The Associated Press
- February 18, 2020 February 18, 2020
- 11:18
Proportion of taxpayers contributing to RRSPs decreased in 2018
But StatsCan reports that the number of people contributing to RRSPs has increased
- By: James Langton
- February 18, 2020 February 18, 2020
- 10:52
Fraud conviction lands repeat offender in jail
Unbeknownst to investors, the ex-hudge fund manager had nine prior criminal convictions
- By: James Langton
- February 14, 2020 February 14, 2020
- 16:55
Ever wanted to be a district council volunteer for IIROC? Now’s your chance
IIROC is calling on dealers to nominate candidates
- By: James Langton
- February 14, 2020 February 14, 2020
- 16:37
CI reports record earnings per share in its fourth quarter
The firm's 'belt-tightening' and increased retail sales helped offset net redemptions
- By: Greg Dalgetty
- February 14, 2020 February 14, 2020
- 13:24
Investors may be locked in extended low-yield cycle
The risk of a near-term recession remains low, FTSE-Russell's Robin Marshall says
- By: Mark Burgess
- February 13, 2020 February 13, 2020
- 13:06
Debt servicing is better metric for measuring financial risk, report says
The C.D. Howe Institute says financial vulnerability remains low, despite the buildup in household debt
- By: James Langton
- February 13, 2020 February 13, 2020
- 10:58
Trump’s Fed nominee questions the need for the central bank’s independence
Judy Shelton hopes to contribute “intellectual diversity” to the Federal Reserve
- By: Christopher Rugaber, The Associated Press
- February 13, 2020 February 13, 2020
- 10:04
Alberta man charged with 8 counts of fraud
The ASC alleges the man “fraudulently raised” more than $2 million from investors
- By: James Langton
- February 14, 2020 February 14, 2020
- 12:42
Court rules in favour of discount broker in margin account dispute
TD Waterhouse had an “ironclad” reason to sell out a client’s margin accounts, an Ontario court has found
- By: James Langton
- February 14, 2020 February 14, 2020
- 12:20
U.S. retail sales see modest increase in January
The slight gain was in line with expectations
- By: Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press
- February 14, 2020 February 14, 2020
- 11:30
Where do thematic funds fit in a portfolio?
ETFs focused on narrow themes can offer diversification, growth or a hedge against index funds
- By: Melissa Shin
- February 12, 2020 February 12, 2020
- 12:04
Five new BMO ETFs now trading on TSX
One fund invests in pools of mortgage-backed securities insured under the Canadian National Housing Act
- By: Maddie Johnson
- February 11, 2020 February 11, 2020
- 12:10
CI to partner with DoubleLine on fixed income funds
The U.S. firm will manage new mutual funds and ETFs
- By: Staff
- February 6, 2020 February 6, 2020
- 12:11