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Financial services profits still clouded: profit survey

A few show gains, but most still mopping up

Steering through challenging seas

Warren Thomson, who takes the helm as Manulife CIO, sees opportunities

Credit unions lend a hand

Eleven credit unions participated in a program to help Third World CUs

Financial services firms brace for change

Proposed economic and regulatory reforms create uncertainty for the financial services industry

Sun Life acquires business in Britain

Although the move is positive for the Canadian insurer, it is not a game-changer

Web ruling riles agents

Will banks boost marketing programs?

Proposed reforms favour those who work past 65

A raft of changes to the Canada Pension Plan will provide more flexibility for those who ease into retirement

Fund firms on crash diets

Tough markets hit hard

A heap of regulatory reforms

Proposals to change mutual fund disclosure among this summer’s initiatives

Crocus cash to flow?

Class-action lawsuit involving defunct fund has been settled

IIROC proposes new bond trading rules

New regulations are aimed at fairness for retail investors, but could be impractical

MFDA raises warnings about “rogue reps”

How unscrupulous advisors use a regulatory loophole to skim money from client accounts

Seamark CEO heads for calmer waters

Brent Barrie says the company is positioned to recover from recent tumult, within and without

CSA proposals receive widespread criticism

Industry groups question timing of proposed corporate governance overhaul

Remind all players: Honesty is expected

Unethical behaviour can be curtailed by something as simple as a code of conduct, say Harvard researchers

Brokerages reassess sales forces

Firms aim at “rightsizing” in light of crisis

Global financial crisis demands global solutions

Worldwide, synchronized nature of the meltdown has exposed the myth of local issues

Insurers rethink guaranteed income products

Heavy weighting in equities have made many GMWB products less profitable, so companies are revising their features

The new, austere normal

We will not return to our pre-crisis state but to a world of slower growth

Stay clear of trouble on Facebook

A court can order that private postings be produced for use in lawsuits

New U.S. climate-change policy sets tone

Policy-makers draw the connection between the financial crisis and environmental issues

Words of wisdom from investing gurus

The views of five long-time investors as to where the market action will — or won’t — be

It’s not so bad it couldn’t be worse

It’s a good news, bad news scenario: compared with past downturns, this recession is not a particularly bad one for Canada. That’s the good news.…

IA president keeps company growing

Yvon Charest named Quebec Financial Person of the Year for 2008

Fourth Quarter awash in red

Q4 2008 Profit survey