Laura Busch

Middle class desires

This Advisor.ca Special Report is sponsored by: So you think you know how to play the emerging markets story? While investing in the Canadian commodities sectors has been touted as a lower risk way of accessing the high-growth emerging markets, there may be another approach. While investing in companies or funds that operate within emerging […]

By Laura Busch |May 4, 2010

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Industry

Advisor focuses on charity

Sandra Pierce felt as if there was something important she had yet to accomplish. At age 50, she was a successful Toronto financial advisor, but she still felt as though she hadn’t done enough. “It’s scary turning 50,” said Pierce, senior vice president and investment advisor at Macquarie Private Wealth. “You start taking inventory of […]

By Laura Busch |May 1, 2010

7 min read

Industry

China OKs eight provinces for investment

Eight provincial securities commissions have signed a deal with the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) in the hopes of encouraging institutional investors from mainland China to explore the Canadian market. The securities commissions for British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia inked the Supervisory Cooperation Arrangement with the CBRC that […]

By Laura Busch |April 27, 2010

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