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Advisor warns of possible poker scam

(June 20, 2003) Maybe it was just a friendly poker game, but an Oakville, Ont.-based advisor doesn’t think so. He wants to warn others about a potential scam aimed directly at the financial advice community. Tim Niblett, president of Strategic Financial Planners, received a call last week from a potential client claiming to have $700,000 […]

By Doug Watt |June 20, 2003

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Regulator bashing heats up the Talvest Town Hall

(June 20, 2003) It looks like the Advisor.ca story about the Saskatchewan advisor who is being disciplined by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) really struck a chord with our readers. They’ve been sounding off in our new and improved Talvest Town Hall Free For All and, perhaps not surprisingly, are coming down on the side […]

By Steven Lamb |June 20, 2003

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Do and coach: Advisors must learn to lead not from the top but from beside

(June 2003) The position of player-coach is an exalted one in sports. Bill Russell, Pete Rose, Lou Boudreau and Doug Harvey are some of the big names from the past who at one point simultaneously played for and coached their teams. Lenny Wilkins, familiar to us from his years behind the Toronto Raptors bench, started […]

By Harvey Schachter |June 20, 2003

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Bitter pill: Saskatchewan advisor agrees to Ontario regulator’s sanctions

(June 19, 2003) A Saskatchewan advisor reprimanded by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) for working with out-of-province clients says he’ll grudgingly accept his punishment. Martin Bernier, a senior advisor with Assante in Saskatoon, has been ordered to complete a basic industry course, despite the fact that he’s worked in financial services for 14 years and […]

By Doug Watt |June 19, 2003

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