A new marketing service for financial advisors + MORE May 5th

Like any financial advisor, you want to run the most profitable business you can.
But while the keys to a more successful practice are well known — attracting more clients, improving client retention, growing each client’s portfolio — few advisors have the resources required to perform those tasks in a thoughtful and consistent way.
So here’s some great news from MoneySense, Canada’s #1 personal finance media brand: launching in Summer 2015, our new MoneySense Approved program will give financial advisors powerful new tools to boost revenue, increase profits and free up time to do what advisors do best: serve their clients. It will enable good advisors to quickly differentiate themselves from their competitors. Most important, it answers one of the most vexing questions investors ask:
“How do I find a financial advisor I can trust?”
When prospects and clients know you’re MoneySense Approved, you’ll:
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RioCan says the space represented about $8.6-million of annual revenue for the real estate trust

CBC.caApril house sales surge 17% in Toronto, 37% in VancouverCBC.caCanada's two hottest housing markets got hotter in April, with the number of sales in Toronto up 17 per cent from last year and Vancouver sales surging 37 per cent. The Toronto Real Estate Board reported 11,303 house sales in the Greater Toronto Area in …Toronto home sales soar to fresh record in real estate's hottest month of yearFinancial PostToronto home sales hit record high, prices climb in Aprilbnn.caGTA house prices up 10% in AprilToronto StarNewstalk 1010 -Digital Journalall 11 news articles »

SAN DIEGO – In a story May 4 about NuVasive’s first-quarter earnings, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the company expects revenue for the year of $180 million. The company expects full-year revenue of $810 million.
A corrected version of the story is below:
NuVasive tops Street 1Q forecasts
NuVasive posts 1Q profit, results beat Wall Street forecasts
NuVasive Inc. (NUVA) on Monday reported first-quarter net income of $31.6 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier.
On a per-share basis, the San Diego-based company said it had profit of 61 cents. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 30 cents per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 21 cents per share.
The spinal device maker posted revenue of $192.4 million in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $189.2 million…

Montreal GazetteLive: Day 19 of the Mike Duffy TrialMontreal GazetteThe legal arguments continued over an audit report on the parlous state of the Senate's financial controls as Mike Duffy's criminal trial resumed Tuesday. The suspended senator's defence lawyer wants the report treated on a par with sworn witness testimony, …Duffy trial continues to focus on Senate finance reportOttawa SunMike Duffy trial: Legal wrangling continues over admissibility of Senate reportCBC.caCrown and Duffy defence argue over evidenceNorthumberland Newsall 94 news articles »