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Finance and Treasury Board Minister Ernie Steeves tabled today the 2023-24 budget

New Brunswick tables pre-election budget

Budget contains no tax cuts and has $41M surplus

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Is holding a mortgage in an RRSP a good idea?

Tax rules allow homeowners to hold their mortgage in a registered plan if certain conditions are met

home financing

National home sales in February up nearly 20% compared with year ago

Buyers are showing more optimism than last year

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Raymond James foresees hitting $100B in a few years

The firm also hopes to reach 25% women advisors by 2025

Using phone for finances

Tech roundup: Webull app offers interest on uninvested cash

Also, Koyfin data platform now includes Canadian mutual funds

How much Big Six wealth management execs made in 2023

Total compensation ranged from $6.30 million to $7.56 million

Quebec proposes to boost QPP benefit for disabled seniors

Under the proposal, 77,000 people would see their pension increase starting next year, government says

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Renters have harder time accumulating wealth: RBC economist

Homeowners' net worth has reached greater levels in comparison

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Lawsuit filed against SEC for scaled-back climate rules

Environmental organizations say U.S. regulator succumbed to industry pressure

  • By: IE Staff
  • March 14, 2024 March 14, 2024
  • 14:14
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Tax changes for the 2023 filing season

Here's a handy roundup, from home office expenses to house flipping

CRA extends relief for bare trust returns as filing deadline looms

Agency says it won’t apply gross negligence penalties for non-filing of 2023 bare trust returns except in “egregious cases”

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CFRs, CE and cybersecurity among CIRO’s priorities for 2024

The SRO also updated its exam timeline for mutual fund dealers

Quebec to review tax system in effort to save money

Government's review will also examine the expenses of its departments and agencies

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Bank CEO average pay tops $11M despite most missing performance targets

The Big Six have released management information circulars ahead of their AGMs

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Lowering interest rate cap to 35% could cost jobs and hurt GDP: report

Industry group has been pushing aggressively against the federal government's plan to lower the rate cap in the Criminal Code from 47.2% to 35%

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CRA updates UHT guidance even as proposed changes remain unenacted

Deadline for filing underused housing tax return for 2022 and 2023 is April 30

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How to be an ally

Allyship can involve creating opportunities and sharing the accomplishments of others

Bank machine

Canadians paying billions of dollars in ‘excess’ bank fees: report

Economist says Canadians are paying too much, compared to U.K. and Australia

CIBC

CIBC makes changes in senior executive ranks

Chief financial officer Hratch Panossian will become senior executive vice-president and head of personal and business banking, effective April 1

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2023 saw challenges for most real estate asset classes: report

Industrial and logistics category remained resilient, while others were challenged by high interest rates and work-from-home trends

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Hub acquires insurance and wealth firm in Ontario

The global brokerage's latest acquisition is Zavitz Insurance and Wealth

  • By: IE Staff
  • March 6, 2024 March 6, 2024
  • 15:33

Fed’s Powell: Rate cuts likely this year, but more evidence is needed that inflation is tamed

Recent data suggest U.S. economy remains hot

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RBC raises renewable funding target

The bank also reported little progress on reducing emissions of oil and gas financing

Governor Tiff Macklem and senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers

BoC holds interest rate at 5%, says too early to cut

Underlying price pressures are still persistently high, the central bank said

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B.C., Ontario mortgage-holders increasingly missed payments in Q4

Equifax Canada finds delinquency rates rose outside those provinces at a slower pace