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Were they right? Contrary call for emerging markets pans out

An economist shows how forecasting works by revisiting one his predictions for 2016.

By Katie Keir |November 7, 2016

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Economic Indicators

How controversial drug pricing affects healthcare

Over the past year, the U.S. healthcare sector has suffered due to issues such as controversial drug pricing.

By Sarah Cunningham-Scharf |November 7, 2016

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Economic Indicators

This week’s economic calendar

The U.S. economy will headline this week due to Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting—no rate hike is expected—and the release of non-farm payrolls data that’s slated for Friday, says Prab Sagoo, associate director at Nasdaq Advisory Services, in his weekly commentary. Domestically, he notes, GDP data for August will come out on Tuesday. As well, the […]

By Staff |October 31, 2016

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Industry

CIBC Mellon announces new CEO

CIBC Mellon today announced Steve Wolff is the company’s new president and CEO, effective November 14, 2016. Wolff was CEO of the Nova Scotia Pension Services Corporation, which administers the pension benefits and investment assets of two of Nova Scotia’s public-sector pension plans. Wolff led the corporation’s transition out of government to a non-profit. Read: […]

October 6, 2016

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TSX releases trading stats

TMX Group recently released September 2016 trading statistics for its marketplaces. More than 12 billion stocks were traded in almost 20 million transactions, representing a value of over $126 billion. Total monthly transactions for the TSX alone are almost 7.5 billion stocks in over 17.6 million transactions, representing over $114 billion. Read: Canadian IPO market […]

October 6, 2016

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Women in Capital Markets announces award winners

Women in Capital Markets (WCM), a non-profit organization for the advancement of women into industry leadership roles, announced the winners of the 2016 WCM Return to Bay Street Award. The award is given to professional women relaunching careers in the capital markets industry. Read: Number of women on boards going up, but still low The […]

By Staff |October 3, 2016

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Canadian IPO market at critical juncture

Is our traditional IPO market dead? That’s one possible conclusion from today’s third-quarter PwC survey of Canadian equity markets. With just a single new issue of $690,000 for most of the three-month period ending September 30, the first three quarters of 2016 were shaping up as the worst on record — less than $2 million […]

By Staff |October 3, 2016

2 min read

Harvard newspaper calls out endowment performance

Harvard University’s college newspaper, the Harvard Crimson, has taken the university’s endowment managers to task for a -2% annual return and a US$2-billion paper loss. Harvard Management Company, which manages the US$35.7-billion endowment, reported the decline this month in its 2016 annual report. Now, the managers are taking heat from students. Read: Seeking lower risk? […]

By Staff |September 29, 2016

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Markets

Were they right? Contrary call for emerging markets pans out

How controversial drug pricing affects healthcare

This week’s economic calendar

CIBC Mellon announces new CEO

TSX releases trading stats

Morningstar’s Canada fund indices increased in Q3

Investors rotating out of safe names, says analyst

Women in Capital Markets announces award winners

Canadian IPO market at critical juncture

Harvard newspaper calls out endowment performance