Millennials

Economic Indicators

Vancouver home sales sluggish in February as prices continue to fall

Plus, does Canada have a housing affordability issue?

By Staff, with files from The Canadian Press |March 4, 2019

2 min read

Planning and Advice

When supporting adult children goes too far

Some Canadian parents may be jeopardizing their retirements with support for their grown-up kids

By Staff |February 28, 2019

1 min read

Industry

Majority of investors value working with human advisors: survey

Millennials place greater trust in robo-advisors, compared with older investors

By Staff |February 21, 2019

2 min read

Advisor's Edge

Balancing financial stability and life experience

Clients’ career paths are becoming less straightforward, and you need to adapt

By Katie Keir |November 28, 2018

5 min read

Young Ontarians are savers, not investors

Investing isn’t the number-one financial priority of young Ontarians, reveals OSC research. While most young Ontarians save (80%), fewer than half (47%) invest. (The study is based on those aged 18 to 36.) Reasons cited for not investing include: Read: What young clients don’t understand A top alternative financial priority is homeownership, with one-third of […]

By Staff |November 27, 2017

1 min read

What young clients don’t understand

Your younger clients need help to understand their finances. A whopping 82% of young Canadians (18 to 34) feel they don’t have enough financial knowledge or investing smarts, a 2015 CIBC report revealed, while an August 2017 report from Moody’s Investor Service finds that Canadians owe $1.69 for every dollar of disposable income. Household debt […]

By Staff |November 1, 2017

2 min read

35% of millennial Albertans use advisors

More than one-third of millennials surveyed in Alberta invest with advisors (35%), rather than exclusively managing their money online, finds ATB Investor Beat. That result might surprise you, considering ATB also found that the younger generation is more comfortable managing money online (43%) compared to gen X (27%) and boomers (22%). Millennials are also more […]

By Staff |October 26, 2017

1 min read

Millennials

Vancouver home sales sluggish in February as prices continue to fall

When supporting adult children goes too far

Majority of investors value working with human advisors: survey

Balancing financial stability and life experience

When a client’s child receives a financial windfall

Millennials’ views on saving, investing and job-hopping

Young Ontarians are savers, not investors

Millennials still aren’t investing for the long term

What young clients don’t understand

35% of millennial Albertans use advisors