Industry News

CI rebrands Hartford as Castlerock

CI Financial has announced the rebranding of Hartford Investments Canada, which it acquired in December, as Castlerock Investments. The announcement included the launch of four new funds and several portfolio management changes. “Castlerock may be a new name in Canadian investments, but it represents a wealth of experience and expertise,” said Derek J. Green, president, […]

By Staff |February 14, 2011

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Smaller Asian markets come to the fore: Study

Senior investment executives from around the world are moving their bets to small Asian economies, having cashed some of their chips in traditional emerging markets, according to RBC Capital Markets Survey.

By Vikram Barhat |February 14, 2011

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Darling, I love you, but not your investments

Love is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction, goes the adage. But when it comes to money, Canadian men and women are neither seeing eye-to-eye, nor looking in the same direction. A recent RBC poll, aptly titled He Says, She Says, exposed the considerable gap between the sexes in […]

By Vikram Barhat |February 14, 2011

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Legal pitfalls of charity pledges

You don’t usually hear about the unenforceability of pledges. This is because the vast majority of pledges to charity are honoured. They are simply paid by the donor without dispute. But promises to donate to charity are not enforceable. A promise to make a gift speaks to a future event. The gift is incomplete until […]

By Daniel Dochylo |February 11, 2011

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