Industry

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The economic recovery will be gradual for most companies, fragile for many, and largely dependent on the ability to learn from past mistakes, Ernst & Young says in a new report. Picking the brains of more than 500 partners from around the globe, the ‘Lessons from Change’ report states that the overwhelming consensus is that […]

By Staff |October 30, 2009

2 min read

RRSP outlook: Fixed income to drive sales

Has there been enough of a recovery for to advisors to get clients to invest in their registered retirement savings plan? That’s seems to be the big question hanging over the upcoming RRSP season. The industry has to contend with whether clients are finally ready to take their cash off the sidelines and throw them […]

By Al Emid |October 29, 2009

4 min read

Seamark, GrowthWorks merge

Canada’s landscape of independent mutual fund managers has shrunk once again. Seamark Asset Management and GrowthWorks have agreed on a merger. The combination will create a mid-size firm with roughly $3 billion in assets under management. The new firm will be called Matrix Asset Management, with GrowtWorks and Seamark as subsidiary brands under the new […]

By Mark Noble |October 29, 2009

3 min read

Network your way to a bigger practice

I hear the phrase, “your network is your net worth,” everywhere I go. I must admit, the best investment I ever made in my own business was to start my fifth networking group. Yes, the fifth time is the charm. I’m not sure about the rest of the country, but from the time I started […]

|October 28, 2009

4 min read