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In 1996, Milestone led the industry as one of the first investment firms in Canada to bring the benefits of low-cost indexing to private clients. The vast majority of firms in North America now offerexchange-traded funds (ETFs)or other indexing options. ...
The reason for this recent change is that in many jurisdictions, the state or provincial government is in a strong position to provide a more stable environment and a different time and investment horizon for regionally-based firms. While there is still controversy about which type of government ...
Finally, it is worth noting that a number of Canadian SOEs operate in spaces occupied by private sector firms both at home and abroad. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, the Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement Fund, the Caisse de Depot et Placemen...
Rather than “a major legislative effort”, he is focused on “concrete and actionable ideas … that the government can do in a fairly short time-frame”. Possible solutions raised by commentators include more public private partnerships and improved tax incentives to improve local firms’...
As a major immigration country, Canada is still a traditional immigration country with an open embrace to attract overseas people, and it has become the first choice for immigrants of large numbers of entrepreneurs, company executives, and middle-class families....
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In recent times, investment banks have attempted to reduce the workload with “protected weekends” and other measures. However, the culture of long hours is deeply rooted in investment banking. At many firms, old habits die hard, particularly on live deals, which often means junior bankers are...
The Canadian Government is yet to release a comprehensive report on the SUV to follow up on its 2016 report, but private firms put the number of PR admissions through the SUV at about 750 between 2018-2019. Although this number is not official, it does stand firm in my experience with th...
IIROC regulated firms also participate in theCanadian Investor Protection Fund(CIPF), which protects individual investors in the event that an investment firm should go bankrupt. As provided for in the Industry Agreement between CIPF and IIROC, IIROC recommends an Industry Director for nomination to t...