Golombek: Advisors should take advantage of CRA loan rate

Jamie Golombek, managing director of tax and estate planning for CIBC Private Wealth Management, says advisors should be helping clients take advantage of the Canada Revenue Agency’s 1% prescribed loan rate that allows family members to transfer funds to each other and potentially reduce the overall tax burden. The CRA recently announced the loan rate would remain at 1% until at least the end of September 2010. Golombek spoke at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto.

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Duration: 2 min 51

Brokerage Report Card: Overview from the editors

Brokerage Report Card: Overview from the editors

Duration: 3 min 39

Tessa Wilmott, editor-in-chief of Investment Executive and Pablo Fuchs, a senior editor, discuss the overall results of the 2008 Brokerage Report Card, the effect of the credit crisis on CIBC Wood Gundy and the rest of the industry, plus the growth of insurance and estate planning in advisors’...


Brokerage Report Card: Blackmont advisors like new owners

Brokerage Report Card: Blackmont advisors like new owners

Duration: 4 min 39

Bruce Kagan, CEO of Blackmont Capital Inc., discusses the firm’s improved performance in the 2008 Brokerage Report Card, insurance and estate planning support for advisors and the outlook for the capital markets business. He spoke at the TSX media centre in Toronto. For more, see:

Alternative power sparks growth manager's portfolio

Alternative power sparks growth manager's portfolio

Duration: 4 min 28

Shauna Sexsmith, lead manager for Manulife Canadian Equity Fund, describes her growth fund management style, stock picking and her holdings in the alternative energy industry. She spoke at the TSX media centre.

Cheap oil gone forever, manager says

Cheap oil gone forever, manager says

Duration: 2 min 53

Shauna Sexsmith, lead manager for Manulife Canadian Equity Fund, describes the peak oil production theory, the outlook for the price of oil, and the oil-related holdings in her portfolio. She spoke at the TSX media centre. For more, see:

Outlook: Long materials cycle in

Outlook: Long materials cycle in "third inning," manager says

Duration: 4 min 27

Shauna Sexsmith, lead manager for Manulife Canadian Equity Fund, describes the materials cycle, demand from China and India, the outlook for the sector and the fund's holdings in Potash Corp. and Eldorado Gold Corp. She spoke at the TSX media centre. For more, see:

Outlook: Canadian banks attractively valued, say managers

Outlook: Canadian banks attractively valued, say managers

Duration: 7 min 21

Three portfolio managers discuss the Q1 2008 earnings of Canadian banks, the banks’ exposure to credit markets in the U.S., and their stock valuations. Each manager says Canadian bank stocks are attractively valued. The discussion includes Martin Hubbes, chief investment officer at AGF Funds...

Set the approach with clients about re-investing in markets

Set the approach with clients about re-investing in markets

Duration: 4 min 06

Dan Richards, president of Strategic Imperatives Ltd., discusses communication strategy, investor anxiety, and how advisors can approach clients about re-investing in equity markets. He spoke at the TSX media centre in Toronto.

Innovation leads the case for investor optimism

Innovation leads the case for investor optimism

Duration: 4 min 09

Dan Richards, president of Strategic Imperatives Ltd., discusses combating investor pessimism with the outlook for scientific innovation and its impact on economic growth. He spoke at the TSX media centre in Toronto. For more, see:



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