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2010  (Click here for 2009 Coverage)

Current Issues

  • August 17, 2010 – The Financial Post – OSC in need of overhaul
  • August 15, 2010 - Investment Executive – FAIR Canada calls for appointment of an “investor-focused” OSC chair
  • July 23, 2010 - The Financial Post – Magna deal shows not all investors are equal
    July 19, 2010 – Canadian Couch Potato – Another Reason to Distrust the Fund Industry
  • July 14, 2010 - Investment Executive – Many groups seek intervener status in single regulator court case
  • July 12, 2010 – Investment Executive – CSA criticized for slow pace of mutual fund disclosure reform
  • July 8, 2010 – Investment Executive – Tougher regulation of scholarship plans needed: FAIR Canada
  • July 2, 2010 – The Financial Post – Trailer fees are first to go
  • June 17, 2010 – Reuters – UPDATE 2-Magna documents may not seal Stronach deal
  • June 16, 2010 – Globe and Mail – Globe Investor – More line up to fight Magna deal
  • June 15, 2010 - Canadian Business Online – Ontario regulator opposes Magna’s plan to end its dual-class structure
  • June 15, 2010 – Victoria Times Colonist – OSC attempts halt on Magna share deal
  • June 15, 2010 – The Toronto Star – Securities watchdog seeks to stop Magna deal
  • June 15, 2010 – The Financial Post – Group calls for hearing into Stronach deal
  • June 15, 2010 – The Financial Post – OSC says Stronach share deal should be stopped
  • June 15, 2010 – The Calgary Herald – Regulator opposes Magna conversion
  • June 15, 2010 – The Investment Executive – FAIR Canada calls on OSC to quash Magna share proposal
  • June 15, 2010 - Globe Investor Streetwise Blog – Stronach will get his payday
  • May 23, 2010 - Canadian Business Online - Insider trading detection, enforcement needs to be beefed up: experts 
  • May 18, 2010 – The Vancouver Sun – How to make sure you don’t get a bad investment advisor
  • May 17, 2010 – The Windsor Start - Investors protect their own interests
  • April 24, 2010 – CBC News – Canada’s biggest exchanges faces rivals
  • April 6, 2010 - Investment Executive – No shortage of options for IIROC arbitration reform
  • Spring 2010 – Virage – Be a well informed investor
  • March 8, 2010 – Investment Executive – The Elephant in the Room
  • February 28, 2010 – Investment Executive – Investor Advisory Panel to give input on OSC initiatives
  • February 28, 2010 - The Unbiased Portfolio – Follow up on FAIR
  • February 19, 2010 – Investment Executive – It’s time to fight scammers
  • February 15, 2010 - Investment Executive – OSC urged to create panel for small investors
  • January 31, 2010 - Bryan Borzykowski – How to Spot Weasel Words that Can Sink Your Portfolio

FAIR Canada/Hennick Centre Fiduciary Duty Conference 

  • May 5, 2010 – CTV – Whose interest does your financial adviser have at heart?
  • May 4, 2010 - Globe and Mail – Do advisors put your interests first?
  • April 26, 2010 – Globe and Mail – It’s high time to prevent conflicts of interest
  • April 7, 2010 – Globe and Mail – Globe Investor – Brokers balk at rule change to put clients’ interests first sophistication
  • April 6, 2010 – Investment Executive – Should advisors become fiduciaries?
  • April 5, 2010 - Law Times – Lawyers clash over imposing statutory fiduciary duties for financial advisers
  • April 1, 2010 – Globe and Mail – Globe Investor – Let’s get the ethics clear here
  • April 1, 2010 – Globe and Mail ROB – Canada unlikely to see a ban on fund commissions
  • March 30, 2010 - Globe and Mail - Tougher rules sought for financial advisers
  • March 28, 2010 – Investment Executive – Opinions divided over whether fiduciary standard should apply to Canadian advisors
  • March 28, 2010 – Investment Executive – Imposing a fiduciary duty advisors would increase complexity, not protection

Money Markets/Mutual Funds

  • April 15, 2010 - The Financial Post, Calgary Herald, Ottawa Citizen, Vancouver Sun -  Signs of ETF industry’s growing sophistication
  • April 8, 2010 – The Toronto Star – Money fund investors missing out
  • March 18, 2010 – Ellen Roseman.com – Today’s low, low interest rates
  • March 15, 2010 – financial-planning.com – Canadian Activist Group Tells Investors: Get Out of Money Funds
  • March 12, 2010 – advisor.ca – Money market funds should go: report 
  • March 12, 2010 – National Post – Money market funds paying nothing or losing money: FAIR report
  • March 12, 2010 – Wall Street Journal Online – Getting Personal Canada: Money Market Investors Missing Out
  • March 11, 2010 – Globe and Mail – Globe Investor – Money market funds are losers: investor rights group
  • March 11, 2010 - Canadian Business Online – FAIR Canada Issues Report on Money Market Funds…
  • March 11, 2010 - Investment Executive – Money market investors missing out on returns: FAIR

Leveraged and Inverse ETFs

  • April 15, 2010 – National Post, Montreal Gazette - Pair-trading ETF only for the brave
  • March 1, 2010 - Globe and Mail – Globe Investor – BetaPro eyes Australia for its leveraged ETFs
  • January 26, 2010 - Canadian Couch Potato - The Trouble with Leveraged ETFS
  • January 6, 2010 - The Globe and Mail – Globe Investor – BetaPro markets leveraged ETFS through Blackberry

 

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