Industry

Income trusts: Don’t wait but underweight

(June 20, 2005) Retail investors expecting valuations to gallop ahead once income trusts are incorporated into the S&P/TSX Composite Index may want to rein in their expectations: pension funds may be wary about investing in what is for them a new investment vehicle. While some pension funds have been active in the income trust space, […]

By Scot Blythe |June 20, 2005

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Banks and insurers get high marks from S&P

(June 17, 2005) The future looks bright for life insurance companies in Canada, but several smaller players could be facing another wave of consolidation in the coming years, says Standard & Poor’s. In a presentation to analysts and managers in Toronto on Thursday, S&P directors discussed their outlook for the Canadian life insurance and banking […]

By Kate McCaffery |June 17, 2005

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OSC chair asks for review of civil action timelines

(June 17, 2005) Ontario Securities Commission chair David Brown says he will ask the provincial government to take another look at the current two-year limitation period currently in place for investor lawsuits. The limitation period was recently quietly reduced to two years from six in a number of provinces, including Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan. “We […]

By Doug Watt |June 17, 2005

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Focus drives success, Bowen says

Identifying a target niche Identifying the centres of influence in that niche Defining the “ideal” client Positioning yourself as an expert Using “credibility marketing” to attract clients “Everyone in the room has more than enough clients,” Bowen said. “What don’t we have? In most cases we don’t have the right clients for the practice we […]

By Steven Lamb |June 16, 2005

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