Industry News

Vancouver hemp retailer

(February 3, 2003) The president of a hemp clothing company is angry with mutual fund company Ethical Funds over a recent advertising campaign he says is offensive to the environmental movement. Jerry Kroll of Hemptown Clothing in Vancouver is unhappy with a series of Ethical Funds print and billboard ads showing business professionals with the […]

By Doug Watt |February 3, 2003

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High Income Clients Facing A Retirement Income Gap?

Untitled Document Personal Retirement Account strategy can bridge the retirement income gap with the leverage of life insurance Your higher income clients know as well as you do … earning more before retirement doesn’t guarantee adequate income after retirement. Even with RRSPs and other registered plans, they’ll have reached the maximum allowable contribution limits when […]

By Staff |January 31, 2003

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Iraq only part of the story, say international fund managers

(January 31, 2003) Not a time for general rejoicing. That’s how Don Coxe, chair and chief strategist with Harris Investment Management in Chicago, described the current U.S. investment climate during a conference call earlier this week hosted by BMO Mutual Funds. Fund managers from North America, Europe and Asia offered their views on world equity […]

By Caroline Cakebread |January 31, 2003

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Union economist blasts socially responsible investing

(January 30, 2003) Socially responsible investing is a contradiction in terms that tricks investors into feeling good about the capitalist system, says Canadian Auto Workers economist Jim Stanford. But Ethical Funds vice-president Bob Walker says SRI can make a difference, chiefly by providing access to company directors. “We will not overcome the elite by picking […]

By Toby Heaps |January 30, 2003

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