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(January 28, 2005) The Joint Forum of Financial Market Regulators released practice standards today for the sale of products and services by all financial services intermediaries. The Joint Forum was founded in 1999 by the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators, the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities and the Canadian Securities Administrators to coordinate the […]

By Staff |January 24, 2005

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Advisors confident as RRSP season shifts into high gear

(January 24, 2005) Advisors are anticipating another healthy RRSP season, with some suggesting that this year’s mutual fund sales could be even better than 2004, when net sales for the first two months of the year were close to $7 billion. Morrow says he’s seen no real fallout from the recent market-timing settlements, in which […]

By Doug Watt |January 24, 2005

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Canadians overlook costs of long-term care

(January 21, 2005) Canadians are concerned they will become a burden to their loved ones when they get older, but few are aware of insurance products aimed at minimizing the costs, according to an Ipsos-Reid survey for RBC Insurance. “The sale of long-term-care insurance, which one would argue is probably the most effective way to […]

By Steven Lamb |January 21, 2005

3 min read

Premiere edition of Advisor’s Edge Report hits the streets

(January 20, 2005) Not content to rest on our laurels, the Advisor Group asked its readers what they wanted and the response was overwhelming: More analysis, more insight, more practical knowledge. And now we’re delivering, with a new monthly newspaper which will land in subscribers’ mailboxes between issues of Advisor’s Edge magazine. The premiere edition […]

By Steven Lamb |January 20, 2005

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