Multiple marketplaces bring increased competition and regulatory hurdles

Jos Schmitt, CEO of Alpha Trading Systems, and Glenn Goucher, senior vice president, Financial Markets, Montreal Exchange Inc. discuss the benefits and challenges of Canada’s multi-marketplace environment. They spoke at the FPL Canadian Electronic Trading Conference on June 1 in Toronto.


Duration: 4 min 11

Golombek: Advisors should take advantage of CRA loan rate

Golombek: Advisors should take advantage of CRA loan rate

Duration: 2 min 51

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...

Golombek: Tax ruling on air rewards plan has great implications

Golombek: Tax ruling on air rewards plan has great implications

Duration: 4 min 12

Jamie Golombek, managing director of tax and estate planning for CIBC Private Wealth Management, describes the far-reaching implications of a recent informal tax court ruling in which a judge ruled that Aeroplan reward points can be ascribed a notional monetary value for the purposes of filing...

Regulators ask if all investors are getting best trading prices

Regulators ask if all investors are getting best trading prices

Duration: 4 min 31

Martin Wheatley, CEO of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, discusses whether investors are getting the best prices on stock exchanges, market players in Canada, and trading regulation globally. He spoke with Gavin Adamson of Investment Executive at the 2010 International...


Australia to eliminate commissions: What’s the impact in Canada?

Australia to eliminate commissions: What’s the impact in Canada?

Duration: 6 min 39

Tony D’Aloisio, chairman of the Australian Securities & Investments Commission, describes upcoming legislation in Australia to eliminate commission-based compensation for advisors, and the relevance to Canada and global retail financial services regulation. He spoke with Gavin Adamson of...


Government budgets should account for long-term debt obligations: IOSCO panelist

Government budgets should account for long-term debt obligations: IOSCO panelist

Duration: 4 min 45

Robert Bunting, president of the International Federation of Accountants, argues that governments globally should budget using “accrual accounting” that would clarify their long-term debt obligations. He spoke with Gavin Adamson of Investment Executive at the 2010 International...

S&P on Canadian market risks, ratings regulation

S&P on Canadian market risks, ratings regulation

Duration: 4 min 60

Thomas Connell, managing director, Canada, Standard and Poor’s Rating Services, describes the risks in the Canadian market going ahead and regulation of ratings agencies like S&P. He spoke with Gavin Adamson of Investment Executive at the the 2010 International Organization of Securities...

Feds muzzle banks’ insurance sales

Feds muzzle banks’ insurance sales

Duration: 4 min 54

Byren Innes, senior vice president and partner at NewLink Group Inc., a Toronto-based consultant to the insurance industry, discusses the federal government’s recent ruling to prevent banks from selling life and health insurance directly from their websites. He spoke with Gavin Adamson of...

New RBC AM emerging markets fund banks on consumers

New RBC AM emerging markets fund banks on consumers

Duration: 5 min 50

Phil Langham, lead portfolio manager for the RBC Emerging Markets Fund launched last month, discusses the outlook for consumer spending and growth in emerging markets, the fund’s geographic and sectoral weightings, and a couple of its top holdings. He spoke at the TMX Broadcast Centre in...



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