Industry News

Time to rebalance energy asset allocations

Energy experts are painting a grim picture about the state of oil reserves in the world and the implications go well beyond how much your clients are paying at the pumps. Unless portfolio holdings don’t need to last more than another seven or eight years, institutional money managers are starting to sound the alarm, saying […]

By Kate McCaffery |December 1, 2005

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Clarington recognizes CI bid

(November 30, 2005) Clarington’s board of directors has determined that a bid from CI does constitute a “competing transaction” under Clarington’s support agreement with Industrial Alliance. The move appears to give CI the upper hand in the battle for Clarington, at least for now. While non-binding and subject to certain preconditions, the proposal provides that […]

By Staff |November 30, 2005

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Everyone’s A Partner: Wellington West’s Charlie Spiring spells out success in the independent channel

When the four pillars of the financial services industry collapsed in 1987, the banks bought the premier brokerage houses — and continued to buy. By the late 1990s, it seemed there might be no mid-tier left either, as firms such as Newcrest Capital, Midland Walwyn, First Marathon, Richardson Greenshields, Schwab Canada and Levesque, Beaubien Geoffrion […]

By Scot Blythe |November 30, 2005

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CEO compensation starting to match performance: study

Investors are never happy when a company they are invested in underperforms; but they are down right livid when they see the CEO of that same company rewarded with a hefty bonus and stock options. Based on the latest Watson Wyatt Worldwide S&P/TSX CEO Pay Study it seems corporations are finally getting the message. According […]

By Mark Brown |November 30, 2005

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