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Alberta court disallows lender's mortgage fees, cites misconduct

Alberta court disallows lender's mortgage fees, cites misconduct

Alberta court rules mortgage lender's fees misleading

As AI upends financial services, could governance become an advantage?

Mona Naqvi outlines how the potential massive changes in finance could see new metrics for firms’ success

As AI upends financial services, could governance become an advantage?

Fewer than half of big-city Canadians opened a new account this year: study

Loyalty is slipping too, as more account openers walk away from their main bank

Fewer than half of big-city Canadians opened a new account this year: study

Aeroplan stake sale hands Air Canada a $10 billion valuation nobody saw coming

Shares hit a five-year high as Blackstone and three pension giants buy in

Aeroplan stake sale hands Air Canada a $10 billion valuation nobody saw coming

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Where generic AI quits, Focal AI builds for Canada

Where generic AI quits, Focal AI builds for Canada

Focal AI goes all-in on Canadian compliance, tools, and workflows, giving advisors back over 10 hours a week

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What today’s multifamily market is really telling investors

What today’s multifamily market is really telling investors

Pier 4 on separating sentiment from fundamentals, finding opportunity in secondary markets and evaluating private REITs

The AI execution gap: what separates Canadian wealth firms that scale AI from those that stall

The AI execution gap: what separates Canadian wealth firms that scale AI from those that stall

A webinar with Focal AI founder John Connell on moving AI from pilot to firm-wide advisor capacity, without running afoul of Canadian privacy rules

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Wealth Professional 10.02

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S&P 500 breaks 7,800 barrier as cooling US inflation eases rate hike fears

Tech stocks lift the TSX while gold slips and traders brace for August 19 tariffs

S&P 500 breaks 7,800 barrier as cooling US inflation eases rate hike fears

Home equity soars to a record US$18T but cracks remain in the US housing market

American homebuyer numbers drop to an all-time low, mortgage rates climb to a one-year high, and rent costs squeeze families, while homeowner equity hits a record $18 trillion.

Home equity soars to a record US$18T but cracks remain in the US housing market

Why the chill has lifted on Netflix for Ackman and others

Bill Ackman's return to a stock that once cost him $400 million suggests that Wall Street is warming back up to the world's largest streaming platform

Why the chill has lifted on Netflix for Ackman and others

What moderating, but elevated, inflation means for the US economy, US markets

Neil Shankar and Kevin Headland discuss the likelihood of any Fed action as CPI cools

What moderating, but elevated, inflation means for the US economy, US markets

Advisors think the S&P 500 has put too many eggs in one AI basket

Josh Sheluk and James Learmonth tell Wealth Professional why they refuse the all-in AI bet

Advisors think the S&P 500 has put too many eggs in one AI basket