Industry News

Transamerica cuts shelf to focus on life

Transamerica Life Canada has announced it will refocus its efforts on the life insurance business, cutting back on the sales and marketing of ancillary products and closing its Five for Life investment product to new clients.

By Staff |January 19, 2012

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Rethinking asset location

The so-called “new normal” of ultra-low interest rates continues to lay waste to long-standing investment practices.

By Staff |January 19, 2012

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U.S. will surprise naysayers: Macquarie

The first half of 2012 will see continued volatility, as investors swing from greed to fear, and back again, based on the tide of macroeconomic news out of Europe and Asia. But the second half might be a different story altogether.

By Staff |January 19, 2012

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OSC has trouble collecting sanctions

From the time it became eligible to collect monetary sanctions against industry wrongdoers in 2005, the Ontario Securities Commission has collected less than half of what’s due, according to a report issued by the regulator today.

By Philip Porado |January 18, 2012

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