Industry

Will RCMP monitor electronic trades?

High-frequency trading in the U.S. is getting much heat from the FBI and SEC, who have teamed up against manipulative trading practices powered by ultra-sophisticated algorithmic strategies.

March 6, 2013

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Fee-for-advice model lacks transparency: IFIC

The fee-for-service pay structure common in the United States offers less transparency to investors than the Canadian embedded-fee model for mutual funds, according to research carried out by Investor Economics and Strategic Insight for the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC).

By Staff |March 6, 2013

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BoC keeps rate at 1%

The Bank of Canada today announced that it is maintaining its target for the overnight interest rate at 1%. The Bank Rate is correspondingly 1.25% and the deposit rate is 0.75%. The global economic outlook is broadly consistent with the Bank’s projection in its January Monetary Policy Report (MPR). Global financial conditions remain stimulative, despite […]

By Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |March 6, 2013

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Canadian tech M&As up 21% in 2012

Despite flatlining global technology mergers and acquisitions volume year over year in 2012, Canadian volume was up 21%, according to Ernst & Young’s Global technology M&A update.

By Staff |March 6, 2013

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