Practice

Avoid exempt market risks

Anyone in this space knows that as of September 28, 2010, the sale of exempt products in Canada, with a few notable exceptions, requires registration as a dealer and for individuals, as a dealing representative.

By Stephanie A. McManus |August 19, 2011

4 min read

Advising a laid off client

Just when it looked like the trend towards layoffs had slowed, Waterloo-based Research In Motion recently announced plans to lay off 2000 employees. Some of those who received pink slips likely called their advisors to discuss finances and possibly even for a pep talk.

By Al Emid |August 16, 2011

4 min read

Kiss that fax machine goodbye

In this modern age of digital communication, VOIP, texting, smart phones and Skype, most of us in the financial industrial still have one big foot still planted blatantly in the 1960s. And no, it is not the shiny suits still worn by some insurance agents. It is the fax, first known as the facsimile transmission system (1900), telephotography (1907), the Belinograph (1925) and eventually the Magnafax Telecopier (1966)

By Kevin Cork |August 15, 2011

3 min read

Financial personality test

It is just past the halfway mark and so far 2011 has been a pretty busy year for me.

|August 15, 2011

6 min read