What does ‘reducing the regulatory burden’ mean?
Since the election of the Ford government in Ontario last year, the debate about reducing the “regulatory burden” has occurred in numerous policy contexts, including in the securities realm. While…
Cambridge: Family Offices Can Outperform With More Private Investment
Allocating as much as 40 percent of a portfolio to private investments, particularly venture capital and private equity strategies, can be a boon to family offices, according to a new…
Why liquid alts are ‘more of the old same’
Liquid alts may be en vogue but they do not represent true alternative investments, which is where demand is greatest among clients, according to a portfolio manager. John Courtliff, managing director…
BREAKING: In Shocking Development, Gerald Butts Resigns From PMO
Trudeau’s long-time friend and most powerful advisor is out as the PMO scandal continues to escalate. Gerald Butts is leaving the PMO. In a bombshell development, Trudeau’s Principal Advisor, long-time…
Learning from the U.S. Experience in Liquid Alts
While liquid alternatives (“liquid alts”) are new to Canada, they’re already a mature market in the U.S. And Canada can learn a lot from the introduction of liquid alts in…
Open Banking: what’s really at stake – by Richard Remillard
A National Project Open banking has many definitions and multiple characteristics. At its core though is the concept of empowerment – the empowerment of financial consumers, individuals and businesses alike,…
Private capital, sitting on as much as $2 trillion, set to drive M&A activity
Roman Dubczak from CIBC Capital Markets explains why he expects private capital clients to raises billions more in new funds in Canada Roman Dubczak, managing director and head of global…
Before the Bell: What every Canadian investor needs to know today
U.S. stock futures were mixed with earnings holding the spotlight again Thursday. Futures also pared early gains after U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said it was too early to say…
Is it time to put your investments in neutral?
It’s hard to find any area of the financial markets not swept up in the recent whirlwind of volatility, and that has more established investors looking at a controversial strategy…
Pros and Cons of Investing in Private Securities south of the border
THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF options for investors – stocks, bonds, ordinary mutual funds, closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds, bonds, real estate investment trusts. The list seems endless. But every so often a well-connected…