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Advisors and the great outdoors

In this special feature from the Mid-February 2012 issue of Investment Executive, we look at advisors who are passionate about Canada’s many outdoor environments. From canoeing and spelunking to dirtbike racing and scuba diving, advisors use their time to in the great outdoors to recharge and stay engaged when they return to work.

February 22, 2012

Facing the fear

B.C. advisor Vince McKay says that the challenges that come with spelunking through the austere — and potentially dangerous — beauty of underground caves on Vancouver Island can hold valuable life lessons

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Dirt, adrenalin and endurance

A love for enduro dirt-bike racing has taken financial advisor Bruce Moffatt all over the world. But the local scenery plays second fiddle to wrangling a 90-kilogram, mud-encrusted bike and navigating rocks the size of microwave ovens

  • February 22, 2012 November 6, 2019
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Up where the air is rare

Alberta advisor Ed Bootle often ditches the Mercedes and heads for the mountains with his young children or old friends. “You have to make your passion work the best you can”

  • February 22, 2012 November 6, 2019
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