Guest column: Clients, tax and caution
With revamped enforcement powers and the international exchange of information, the CRA is ramping up to pursue impugned tax-motivated investments
- By: Stevan Novoselac
- August 25, 2016 November 17, 2019
- 23:45
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Guest column: “Best interest” standard not needed
The carve-outs for any proposed best interest standard to avoid adverse market consequences would be extensive and complicated
- By: Ian Russell
- January 29, 2016 November 17, 2019
- 00:00
Guest column: No change in Alberta’s basic politics
The PCs were toppled and the NDP now reigns, with the right-leaning Wildrose Party in Opposition. But more than 50% of voters chose conservative parties
- By: Gord McIntosh
- May 21, 2015 November 17, 2019
- 23:00
Guest column: IAP report misses a slew of reforms
The Investor Advisory Panel's report calls for further changes that may not be in the interests of ensuring that investors are informed
- By: Ian Russell
- March 26, 2015 November 17, 2019
- 23:00
Guest column: Opening Canada’s commercial window
New trade agreement with the European Union offers huge opportunities for Canada's investment industry
- By: Ian Russell
- December 1, 2014 November 17, 2019
- 00:00
Guest column: CRM2 and the end of 60/40?
Fee disclosure and the new "pay for performance" mentality will likely lead to abandonment of the typical 60/40 asset mix
- By: Howard Atkinson
- October 23, 2014 November 17, 2019
- 23:00
Guest Column: Investor choice, not bans, best approach
One of the benefits of CRM2 is that it puts a visible, understandable price tag on the value of advice
- By: Noel Archard
- September 18, 2014 November 17, 2019
- 23:00
Guest column: Why more CPP is not the best choice
Canadian seniors are already doing well. Boosting the CPP, as some are suggesting, is not the right way to improve savings
- By: Don Janzen
- March 1, 2014 November 17, 2019
- 00:00
Guest column: Encouraging investor participation
Regulators should be cautious, placing more emphasis on efficiency in the regulation of capital markets to calm nervous investors
- By: Ian Russell
- October 27, 2013 November 17, 2019
- 23:00
Guest column: Regulators should move cautiously
It's crucial that future regulation not be based on Canada's lack of confidence due to a misguided inferiority complex
- By: Joanne De Laurentiis
- September 19, 2013 November 17, 2019
- 23:00
Guest column: Time is right for a common regulator
Consistency and efficiency are the new priorities in securities regulation
- By: Ian Russell
- March 31, 2013 November 17, 2019
- 23:00
Guest column: The industry and the new OSC fees
Are dealers getting what they need from the regulators?
- By: Ian Russell
- December 14, 2012 November 17, 2019
- 00:00
Facing the new competition for clients: Guest Column
Rocky markets, technology and changing demographics mean advisors need to boost client engagement
- By: Ian Russell
- September 19, 2012 November 17, 2019
- 23:00
Guest column: Whose responsibility is suitability?
Advisors and their firms should avoid the growing trend of blaming clients if it is their own processes that are at fault
- By: John Hollander
- April 30, 2012 November 17, 2019
- 23:00
Guest column: The value of the new CRM rules
The CRM will help ensure a consistent standard of conduct in the investing process and enhance respect for advisors and firms
- By: Ian Russell
- March 31, 2012 November 17, 2019
- 23:00
Guest column: Striking the right balance
The new Fund Facts document is a major step forward; it should be tested and reviewed before further changes are made
- By: Joanne De Laurentiis
- February 7, 2012 November 17, 2019
- 11:54
Guest column: Overcoming securities regulation lock-in
Canadian financial regulators are hampered by the gridlock that comes with fragmentation. Independent oversight could promote new ways of thinking
- By: Ian Russell
- December 21, 2011 November 17, 2019
- 15:25
Guest column: Fund Facts still seriously flawed
Existing protections should not be removed until the new document has been improved to ensure investors have the information they need
- By: Ermanno Pascutto and Marian Passmore
- September 23, 2011 November 17, 2019
- 15:53
Proxy fights are heating up. Be prepared: Guest column
Shareholders are taking increasing interest in the management of companies, and many are prepared to back their demands for change through proxy battles
- By: Gordon Chambers & Joanna Cameron
- May 30, 2011 November 17, 2019
- 12:55
The time to regulate MGAs is now: Guest column
Both consumers and the stability of insurance companies would benefit from decisive action to regulate a sector that has escaped oversight for too long
- By: Richard Austin
- May 2, 2011 November 17, 2019
- 11:45
Debt markets in need of reform: Guest column
An expert working group is looking at ways to promote stability by making structural changes
- By: Ian Russell
- September 28, 2009 November 17, 2019
- 11:26
Don’t write off NAFTA yet
Finding enough support in Congress to eliminate a program that has benefited significant numbers of Americans is next to impossible