Industry News

Busting active versus passive myths

Investors these days truly have a tough nut to crack, as much has been debated about the merits of active versus passive management. Amid debates, confusion and reports — investors still need to plan and carefully assess the best way to manage their funds. At the first Vanguard Investment Strategy Group Investment Forum, principal Fran […]

By Anna Olejarczyk |October 9, 2009

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Alt trading systems prompt new rules

As competitive alternative marketplaces begin to vie with the Toronto Stock Exchange, Canada has gone through in two years what the United States took a decade to achieve in fostering electronic trading platforms, regulators say. These new marketplaces are draining trading volume away from traditional exchanges; indeed, some of them are stock exchanges, while others […]

By Scot Blythe |October 8, 2009

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The majority of privately held companies have fared better than might have been expected, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) 2009 Business Insights Survey. PwC says many private companies entered the recession well managed and capitalized, with minimal debt, and were able to weather a market correction. According to PwC’s survey of 466 businesses across Canada, 58% […]

By Staff |October 8, 2009

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Fund industry mulls national solution to HST

The current headache that the proposed harmonized sales tax (HST) in Ontario and British Columbia is causing the mutual fund industry could easily be avoided by granting a national exemption to investment funds, according to the president of the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC). At a presentation to the national media and members of […]

By Mark Noble |October 8, 2009

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