U.S. elimination of WEP is good news for cross-border pensioners
Eligible Canadians with a U.S. work history will get their social security benefits restored
- By: Michelle Schriver
- January 10, 2025 January 10, 2025
- 16:51
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Industry moves this week
Harvest ETFs brings on new talent; industry marks passing of Richardson Wealth vice-chair and former CIBC CEO
- By: Alisha Hiyate
- January 10, 2025 January 10, 2025
- 16:24
7 housing-related tax savings for 2024 filing season
As interest rate cuts spur the housing market, there are a myriad of tax credits Canadians and incentives can access
- By: Jonathan Got
- January 10, 2025 January 10, 2025
- 14:29
Opinion: ‘Flynancial’ advisor ad is a reminder of how title protection falls short
Clients expect advisors to offer advice competently and to their advantage
- By: Michelle Schriver
- January 10, 2025 January 10, 2025
- 11:10
Big banks’ foreign success brings added risk too
Growth of banks' foreign operations raises vulnerabilities: BoC paper
- By: James Langton
- January 10, 2025 January 10, 2025
- 09:57
FP Canada names top performers of latest CFP exam
October sitting had 399 candidates
- By: IE Staff
- January 9, 2025 January 9, 2025
- 16:00
CPP ‘money-back guarantee’ for early death could eliminate breakeven bias
A death benefit of missed-out CPP payments also makes pension system more equitable
- By: Jonathan Got
- January 9, 2025 January 9, 2025
- 15:55
Financial services consolidation ahead
PwC Canada forecasting "continued, significant transactions"
- By: Kevin Press
- January 9, 2025 January 9, 2025
- 14:26
RCMP brings in pilot advisory group to bolster capital market investigations
The group will support the force's Integrated Market Enforcement Team efforts
- By: IE Staff
- January 8, 2025 January 9, 2025
- 12:01
Cardinal Point Management becomes Focus Financial’s fifth hub
New York wealth management firm sees Canada as growth market
- By: Jonathan Got
- January 8, 2025 January 8, 2025
- 11:46
Economic opportunities for a post-Trudeau Canada
Investors in Canada could benefit from a change in government
- By: Jonathan Got
- January 7, 2025 January 7, 2025
- 18:05
No ‘snowball’s chance in hell’ of Canada becoming 51st state: Trudeau
On Tuesday, Trump threatened to use "economic force" to compel Canada to join the U.S.
- By: Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press
- January 7, 2025 January 7, 2025
- 14:43
Bank CEO worries shift to political uncertainty as mortgage risks ease
Big banks preparing for range of scenarios with incoming Trump administration
- By: Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press
- January 7, 2025 January 7, 2025
- 11:33
Finance confirms CRA will administer capital gains tax changes
Whether Parliament is prorogued or dissolved, the agency generally continues to administer proposed legislation
- By: Michelle Schriver
- January 7, 2025 January 7, 2025
- 10:28
In Ontario, intestate provision treating separated spouses as divorced takes full effect
Updating a will should still top a client’s separation checklist, lawyer says
- By: Michelle Schriver
- January 6, 2025 January 6, 2025
- 16:41
Scotiabank selling operations in Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama to Davivienda
The bank will take an after-tax impairment loss of $1.4 billion in Q1 2025
- By: The Canadian Press
- January 6, 2025 January 6, 2025
- 14:01
Prorogation upends capital gains proposal but CRA yet to offer guidance
The capital gains tax changes were tabled in a notice of ways and means motion in September
- By: Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press
- January 6, 2025 January 6, 2025
- 12:55
Tech roundup: Canadian banks adopt AI to fill productivity gap
Also, options trading available for registered accounts in online brokerage app
- By: Jonathan Got
- January 6, 2025 January 9, 2025
- 12:40
Business groups call for unity as Trudeau announcement creates uncertainty
The Prime Minister will resign following a Liberal leadership contest
- By: Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press
- January 6, 2025 January 6, 2025
- 12:35
Defined benefit pension funds ended 2024 on a high
Funding and solvency ratios reached levels not seen since the dot-com era
- By: Kevin Press
- January 3, 2025 January 4, 2025
- 12:04
Some tax measures in effect as of Jan. 1 come with a caveat
As with the proposed capital gains changes, certain provisions aren't yet law
- By: Michelle Schriver
- January 2, 2025 January 2, 2025
- 16:29
RDSPs an underused savings tool for people with disabilities
Only 21% of those living with a disability are aware of RDSPs
- By: Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press
- January 2, 2025 January 2, 2025
- 10:38
Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs earned $13.2 million on average in 2023: report
The top-paid CEOs earned 210 times more than the average worker
- By: Rosa Saba, Canadian Press
- January 2, 2025 January 2, 2025
- 10:22
It’s a new year. What financial changes take effect in 2025?
Canadians filing tax returns this year can expect changes to tax brackets, CPP contributions and benefits, capital gains and more
- By: Ritika Dubey, The Canadian Press
- January 2, 2025 January 2, 2025
- 09:29
U.S. stock markets to remain closed in honour of Jimmy Carter on National Day of Mourning
President Joe Biden declared Jan. 9 as a National Day of Mourning
- By: Wyatte Grantham-philips, The Associated Press
- December 31, 2024 December 31, 2024
- 13:05