Health spending accounts an opportunity for advisors

Marla Schwartz, president of Benecaid Health Benefit Solutions Inc. talks about the benefits of flexstyle and health spending accounts and how employers can help decrease costs for clients. She spoke at the TMX Broadcast Centre in Toronto.

For more, see:
CLHIA releases policy recommendations for health care reform, by James Langton
June 3, 2009


Duration: 6 min 39

Online peer-to-peer lending business launches in Canada

Online peer-to-peer lending business launches in Canada

Duration: 5 min 10

Michael Garrity, co-founder and CEO of CommunityLend Inc., a peer-to-peer lending service launched in Canada last month, describes the service, return experience for investors, risks and regulation. He spoke at the TMX Broadcast Centre. For more, see:

Olympics and commodities lead Western revival

Olympics and commodities lead Western revival

Duration: 5 min 38

Paul Ferley, assistant chief economist at RBC Economics and Alex Koustas, economist at Scotia Economics, discuss the outlook for growth in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. They spoke at the TMX Broadcast Centre. Report on the Nation, part 3 of 3. For more, see:

Commodities, government spending to push Maritime growth

Commodities, government spending to push Maritime growth

Duration: 4 min 01

Paul Ferley, assistant chief economist at RBC Economics and Alex Koustas, economist at Scotia Economics, discuss the outlook for growth in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island. They spoke at the TMX Broadcast Centre. Report on the Nation, part 2 of...

Ontario and Quebec making sluggish returns to growth

Ontario and Quebec making sluggish returns to growth

Duration: 5 min 08

Paul Ferley, assistant chief economist at RBC Economics and Alex Koustas, economist at Scotia Economics, discuss the outlook for growth in Ontario and Quebec. They spoke at the TMX Broadcast Centre. Report on the Nation, part 1 of 3. For more, see:

Retroactive U.S. estate tax legislation on its way

Retroactive U.S. estate tax legislation on its way

Duration: 3 min 12

Jamie Golombek, managing director of tax and estate planning at CIBC Private Wealth Management, describes the fundamentals of U.S. estate tax for Canadians, a quirk in U.S. legislation that leaves Canadian with property ownership there untaxed today, and the outlook for new legislation. He spoke...

Outlook for the demand and price of gold

Outlook for the demand and price of gold

Duration: 5 min 06

Nick Barisheff, president and CEO of Bullion Management Group Inc., discusses the outlook for the price of gold in 2010, global government monetary policy and risks to the value of the commodity. He spoke at the TMX Broadcast Centre. (Part 2 of 2.) Part 1:


How central banks, Chinese demand pushed up the price of gold in 2009

How central banks, Chinese demand pushed up the price of gold in 2009

Duration: 3 min 24

Nick Barisheff, president and CEO of Bullion Management Group Inc., describes the reasons for the rise in the price of gold throughout 2009, global central bank policy and Chinese consumer demand for the commodity. He spoke at the TMX Broadcast Centre. (Part 1 of 2.) Part 2:

Golombek underlines important life insurance tax rulings

Golombek underlines important life insurance tax rulings

Duration: 5 min 48

Jamie Golombek, managing director of tax and estate planning at CIBC Private Wealth Management, describes several Canada Revenue Agency rulings related to life insurance sales. One ruling relates to the taxation of commissions on the sale of policies on the life of the advisor or the advisor’s...



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