Industry News

Canadians to spend money close to home this summer

58% will travel within Canada or their home province.

By Staff |May 13, 2016

1 min read

IIROC imposed more sanctions in 2015

01 IIROC’s 2015 enforcement report IIROC enforcement in 2015 saw an increase in sanctions but a drop in the SRO’s fine collection rate. IIROC levied more than $4.5 million against firms and individuals, compared to $3.67 million in 2014, and collected 84% of fines against firms and 13.2% against individuals, compared to 100% and 19.8%, […]

May 13, 2016

5 min read

How smart has your beta been lately?

Despite overwhelming evidence that active managers underperform their benchmarks, Yale professors Martijn Cremers and Antti Petajisto offer evidence that not only can active management outperform (we knew that), but that predicting successful active manager performance in advance is also possible. We examine these claims pursuant to smart/alternative beta ETFs in Canada, and study recent down-cycle […]

By Mark Yamada |May 13, 2016

4 min read

Can these students analyze stocks better than you?

A group of students recently won CFA Institute’s 2016 global research challenge. Their mentors share how the team came out on top.

By Katie Keir |May 12, 2016

4 min read