Industry

Advocis rejects

(July 7, 2003) Advocis is refusing to support the uniform securities legislation (USL) project after the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) rebuffed the advisor association’s latest regulatory reform initiative. The country’s largest association of professional financial advisors wants industry designations to be officially recognized as a holding-out requirement for advice-giving. The Advocis plan, unveiled at last […]

By Doug Watt |July 7, 2003

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Re-evaluating retirement plans in July’s Advisor’s Edge

(July 4, 2003) If your clients were nearing retirement when the markets hit the skids, the prolonged downturn could be turning the dream of early retirement into a prayer for any retirement, period. That’s the predicament tackled in “Time is Expiring,” the cover story in July’s Advisor’s Edge. “You have people that are in their […]

By Steven Lamb |July 4, 2003

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IFB pledges support in regulatory lobbying campaign

(July 4, 2003) The Independent Financial Brokers of Canada (IFB) says it will spearhead a lobbying effort in favour of a passport registration system that would allow advisors to operate across the country. IFB president David Barber has pledged to take a “lead position” on the issue, including posting a paper on the association’s Web […]

By Doug Watt |July 4, 2003

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Are there enough signals yet to reinvest in wireless telecom service stocks?

The reception for telecom services has been very clear throughout the “great telecom implosion” of the past two years. Facing slack demand, fierce pricing pressure and a cash crunch, it has been clearly dreadful. Times could be changing – for the better, believe it or not. One signal of the wireless telecom service segment’s resurgence […]

By Staff |July 3, 2003

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