Robin Douglas, senior vice president with Raymond James Ltd. in Vancouver and portfolio manager for its Concierge Investing service, places great importance on client relations.“The real key to portfolio management for my clients is trust,” he says. “Another key is that I really have to understand what clients want, then I have to have solutions […]
A former pilot, Robin Douglas steers a steady course
Soaring fares are depressing ferry traffic and becoming a political test for Premier Campbell
The intergovernmental buck-passing in British Columbia over where to dump millions of tonnes of Metro Vancouver’s garbage is a modern version of Nero playing his fiddle while Rome burns. The delays have dragged on for 10 years, and have embroiled the B.C. government and Metro Vancouver, not to mention First Nations and local governments in […]
Introduction of North America’s first carbon tax and cuts to income taxes are the key highlights
Linking such a tax to the province’s $11.1-billion transit plan is a no-brainer
Olympic Games in 2010 and commodity prices are among B.C.’s economic drivers; challenges include troubled forestry sector
Once purely regional, credit unions are looking to take on the big banks
Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre’s expansion is reminiscent of the fast ferries fiasco
Despite a high C$ and the slumping U.S. housing sector, B.C.’s economy will remain strong