As part of our coverage of the federal election, Investment Executive profiles candidates who are working or who have worked in the financial services industry. Here we look at Claude Moreau, Conservative candidate in the Quebec riding of Marc-Aurèle Fortin.Claude Moreau has spent the last three years helping small- and medium-sized businesses connect with financing […]
As part of our coverage of the federal election, Investment Executive is profiling candidates who are working or who have worked in the financial services industry.Here we look at Conservative candidate Georges-Alexandre Bastien:Georges-Alexandre Bastien has been cast in the role of giant slayer in the federal election and the weapon he’s trying to wield is […]
Popular mayor’s re-election tainted by numerous electronic problems
Quebec’s financial industry regulator will shortly introduce rules aimed at ensuring that consumers are aware of close ties between brokers and property and casualty insurers.The new disclosure rules, expected within weeks, will focus on the large amount of business that many P&C brokers do with a limited number of insurers. “Our goal is to ensure […]
Two-year-old financial services industry regulator has the resources to handle many investigations
For one haitian taxi driver tearing through rain-drenched Montreal streets on a recent evening, there is only one reason anyone would want to attack Michaëlle Jean’s appointment as Governor General.“It’s small-time politics,” the cabbie sighed. It’s a sentiment Prime Minister Paul Martin would no doubt endorse.For a Haitian community used to grim news from their […]
In the days following bernard Landry’s surprise resignation as Parti Québécois leader, friends, foes and pundits alike have looked back on his career and focused on his devotion to the PQ and the separatist cause.For 40 years, Landry has encouraged, cajoled and goaded his fellow Quebecers into taking the leap of faith he boldly made […]
Alban d’amours, ceo of Quebec’s giant Desjardins Group, was in Toronto recently to buck up the troops at Desjardins Securities Inc. after the sudden departure of the firm’s dynamic president, Jean-Pierre de Montigny.De Montigny left Desjardins Securities under a cloud in April, about a month after being personally fined $300,000 by stock-market regulators for supervisory […]
Martin deschamps has long nursed an ambition to restore Quebec rock to its former glory and, for at least one night last month, he succeeded in resurrecting an era when driving guitars ruled Montreal.Deschamps is a smoky-voiced rocker who has refused to let severe physical handicaps stop him becoming a major Quebec star with three […]
The montreal exchange is creating a new product aimed at retail investors who are being stung by the rising value of the Canadian dollar. The ME is seeking regulatory approval to introduce options on the U.S. dollar and the euro, a product designed to allow individual investors to hedge their foreign investments against currency volatility.Canadian […]