I’ll be brief.

I managed to combine four days of vacation with a bout of weapons-grade man cold this week.

That didn’t have a significant impact on how I spent the time off obviously, it just meant that I lay a bit more heavily on the couch and dozed off a little more frequently thank I’m comfortable sharing.

Thank goodness for Seinfeld reruns.

Today marked the beginning of stage two, in which I logged onto Teams calls with sad eyes and a squeaky voice. I’m told the performance was sufficiently impressive that I get to come back on Monday.

Given how world affairs unfolded during my extreme staycation, I’ll take it.

We’ve got four proper reads for you below. Enjoy your weekend.

Robin Riviere on the difference between knowing your client and simply knowing their paperwork. She writes, “familiarity isn’t documentation — and assumptions aren’t suitability.”

What to do if you think your client is in the early stages of dementia. Jonathan Got spoke with advisors who’ve been there, and learned lessons.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice approved an $11-million class action settlement against CIBC over its payment of trailer fees to discount brokers. James Langton has our coverage.

An advisor’s notes made news again this week. The Court of Appeal for Ontario upheld a lower court ruling, finding that the judge was right not to admit notes described as “double hearsay.”