Canadian banks like regulator with fewer ‘prescriptive’ rules
Canada’s banks rank their prudential regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), ahead of other regulators domestically and abroad when it...
Former Investors Group advisor fined $6-million
A former Investors Group financial advisor who was sentenced to six years in jail after pleading guilty to 15 counts of fraud in February...
Alberta starts posting disciplinary decisions
The Insurance Council of Alberta is now publishing disciplinary decisions involving brokers and posting them online.
“In keeping with the spirit of transparency and accountability,...
Alberta follows B.C. with non-mandatory pooled pensions
Alberta has become the third province to introduce pooled pension legislation to help Canadians save for retirement, but, as in neighbouring British Columbia, employers...
Ontario government takes on for-profit physiotherapy clinics
The Ontario government is trying to save money while providing more services to senior citizens by cutting back access to services offered by for-profit...
