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Cost of move to fiduciary standard balloons
A new report suggests that investor advocates wishing for a fiduciary standard aren’t taking into account the ballooning cost of such a plan
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Big bank raises mortgage rates
One of the big six decides to raise rates despite the fact their costs are going down
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Morgan Stanley legend dies
The man that led the bank into the modern age during the 1970s has died of pneumonia at the
Age of 95
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Active managers lose badly in 2015
The year’s numbers have been rung in and early results suggest active managers continue to falter against their passive peers
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Crowdfunding comes of age in 2016
The OSC's crowdfunding exemption kicks in at the end of January providing small and medium-sized enterprises with a new way of raising capital but ultimately it could end up backfiring on business innovation
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Forget Fed hike – oil prices are real concern
It didn’t come as a shock when the U.S. Federal Reserve hiked its key policy rate – but instead of focusing on rate, advisors should be looking at the price of oil, says one economist
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Schulich says no to Suncor
Billionaire owns 5% of Canadian Oil Sands and won’t sell until oil prices recover putting Suncor in a losing position
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Brookfield makes big Berlin purchase
A significant real estate acquisition in Germany puts the asset manager in the driver’s seat when it comes to owning quality real estate in the city
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Canadian pension plan goes to school
In a deal valued well over a billion dollars one of Canada’s largest public pensions gets into student housing
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Four ways to improve your influence
We are all in the business of influence – but instead of seeing it as manipulation, Dr. Tim Baker outlines how influence, when used ethically, can be an essential business tool