Domestic commercial bank lending jumps $7.5 billion in 2012
I haven’t been checking for a few weeks, so it came as a surprise to see that Canadian banks are almost back to their peak lending level of December 2008, according to Bank of...
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Charity tourney to raise more than $40k today
With a beautiful day on the weather front, things are all set for our 4th annual Wellington Financial Charitable Foundation Golf Tournament Presented by ADP. The event is being held at Eagles Nest, just...
Let's talk about the NAMEX
TSX / LSE Merger Part 12 Now that the cat is out of the bag (see prior post “LSE has plans for NASDAQ next?” Mar 6-11), perhaps Canadians should ask ourselves the simple question:...
Online shopping clubs cleaning up
Dateline: New York City For all of the impressive big cap stories at this year’s fabulous RBC Capital Markets Technology, Media and Telecom annual conference, some the buzz is definitely centred around the impact...
RBC note: "Is this recession different"?
I see plenty of research each day, but this summary report is very much worth sharing given the insights it provides into the direction of the North American economy. Dr. Mark Gertler, the Henry...
Bay Street Buzz
This information courtesy of Bill Vlaad, of Vlaad & Co.: West Face Capital has hired Morgan Stanley veteran Richard Carty as a Partner of the firm. BMO Capital Markets has hired Peter Plumptre as...
Bay Street Buzz
This information courtesy of Bill Vlaad, of Vlaad & Co.: CIBC World Markets has created an Infrastructure lending team which will be led by Managing Director Peter Mastromarini who was previously Executive Director within...
Bay Street Buzz
This information is courtesy of Bill Vlaad, of Vlaad & Co.: Citibank Canada has announced the appointment of Isabelle Côté as Director of Global Banking. Most recently, Isabelle was at the Bank of Montreal....
Bay Street Buzz
This information courtesy of Bill Vlaad, of Vlaad & Co.: UBS Asset Management has hired Ron Schwarz as Small-Cap Portfolio Manager, Executive Director. Most recently, Ron was Managing Director and Head of Canadian Equities...
CDN tech IPO market stirring to life
It is starting to feel like December 2003. Folks in the tech industry will know what I’m talking about. Software co. Workbrain went public, becoming the first technology story post-bubble to “get out” on...
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