Women

Industry

8 ways women can advance in capital markets

Both women and men need to get involved in advancing women in the capital markets industry, says a new report.

By Martha Porado |June 26, 2012

2 min read

Industry

Women lag in financial planning

While women are taking charge in the workplace, they continue to lag behind men in financial planning. The gender gap widened in Q1 2012, according to a report by Financial Finesse, an American financial education company.

By Suzanne Sharma |June 14, 2012

1 min read

Planning and Advice

Protect entrepreneur clients

Women’s entrepreneurship has grown more than 200% over the past 20 years. Make sure their hard-won assets don’t disappear during divorce

By Melissa Shin |June 14, 2012

7 min read

Estate Planning

How divorce impacts the will

Divorcing spouses must revisit their wills, beneficiaries and Powers of Attorney as soon as they’ve decided to separate.

By Melissa Shin |June 12, 2012

1 min read

Economic Indicators

Who’s Canada’s top 1%? It may not be you

Over the last three decades, the rich have gotten richer in Canada, with individual income inequality growing by 16%. Families have been affected, but the greatest divide is between individuals, with the top 1 % scoring incomes fourteen times larger than the average Canadian.

June 7, 2012

4 min read

Industry

How do children affect your career?

The vast majority (95%) of female execs say raising children has provided them with unique skills that help them succeed, says a survey by Korn/Ferry Institute. These talents include heightened confidence and the ability to motivate and inspire others.

By Suzanne Sharma |June 7, 2012

2 min read

Economic Indicators

Republicans vote against equal pay

Presidential election years are touchy things. Back in 1992 Alan Greenspan aggressively pushed down interest rates in an attempt to save his friend George H.W. Bush from the recession triggered by the Gulf War and decreases in military spending spurred by the fall of the Soviet Union. It didn’t work, but the Fed was accused […]

By Wire services |June 6, 2012

1 min read

Industry

U.S. Trust promotes gender lens investing

Are your clients passionate about social issues, such as the promotion of women? If so, gender lens and social investing can help them stick to their values and earn returns at the same time.

By Martha Porado |June 1, 2012

2 min read

Industry

Zoom in on gender-lens investing

Putting money toward change reaps social and financial returns

By Martha Porado |June 1, 2012

3 min read

Industry

Laurentian VP awarded Aces of Finance prize

Stéfanie Pelletier, vice-president of Finance for Laurentian Bank, was honoured recently with an Aces of Finance Award in the Emerging Financial Executive category.

By Staff |May 14, 2012

1 min read

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