The “Big Five” Canadian banks offer investment funds and include Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank (TD Canada Trust), Bank of Nova Scotia, Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). Let’s explore the best place for you to invest.
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Timing CPP and OAS with workplace pensions + MORE Mar 28th
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Trump claims $50-billion SoftBank investment due to his election win
– theglobeandmail.com
Tycoon Masayoshi Son expects a lot of ‘deregulation’ under Trump administration
Can CP Rail still flourish without Bill Ackman or Hunter Harrison?
– canadianbusiness.com
(Robert Harding/Getty)On the same day that Canadians celebrate the country’s 150th birthday, a venerable national institution will get a new leader. Next July 1, Keith Creel will take over as CEO of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (TSX: CP), where he’ll have to continue writing one of corporate Canada’s most enduring success stories. Creel has big shoes to fill. He replaces railroading legend Hunter Harrison, who, in three years, transformed CP from one of the worst railway businesses in North America into one of the best.
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To recap: In 2012, U.S. activist investor Bill Ackman saw two Canadian railways with vastly different operations. Canadian National Railway Co. (TSX: CNR) was the gold standard, while CP was considered the opposite. That didn’t make sense to him; they traversed similar regions and carried the same products…
Dollarama reports better-than-expected profit
– theglobeandmail.com
Third-quarter earnings rose to $110.06-million from $100.08-million, a year earlier
The Toronto Real Estate Board has appealed the Competition Tribunal’s ruling that the board must stop guarding coveted sales data. TREB says it’s a privacy issue. Critics say TREB is refusing to modernize.
New TD Ameritrade CEO Hockey to boost tech spend by 25 per cent
– theglobeandmail.com
The move comes as fintech firms attempt to shake up the financial services sector through new technologies like blockchain, cloud computing and robo-advisers
