This Month’s Poll

In your view is a comprehensive personal and corporate tax reform necessary to make Canada's economy stronger in response to trade wars?

As a financial advisor, you rely on technology to do your job effectively, but it’s also a disruptor in the industry these days. Robo-advisors are a force to be reckoned with, offering automated services that provide low-cost advice. Are they turning financial advice into a commodity? Will you be priced out of the market? How can you compete with robo-advisors?

“Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.” —W. Edwards Deming

As a society, we have become over-confident that we can do anything, whether or not we have the skills and knowledge to, because of the wealth of information that’s available at our fingertips. Unfortunately, in the era of fake news, it becomes challenging to discern fact from fiction.

Join our online discussion: How do you overcome threats through relationship management?

Kent Coulter, a wealth manager in Edmonton, lauds the benefits of the Distinguished Advisor Conference

Upcoming changes to the Canada Pension Plan are intended to boost retirement incomes, but for many the opposite will be true, a recent report from Canada’s Chief Actuary finds.