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Jul. 22, 2020

Question of the Week: What is the Smith Maneuver?

Developed by Fraser Smith in 2002, the Smith Maneuver is a legal tax strategy that makes interest on residential mortgages tax deductible. Please note, before reading further, this...

Jul. 15, 2020

Question of the Week: What is the penalty for overcontributing to a TFSA?

We went over Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSA) in a previous blog post. As we explained in that post, a TFSA is an account that can hold cash or several different types of investmen...

Jul. 8, 2020

Question of the Week: What are Forex scams?

Today the Commission issued an investor alert warning Nova Scotian investors about an increase in Forex scams. The Commission has noticed an increase in Forex-related scams targeti...

Jun. 24, 2020

Proposed changes to securities regulations to enhance protections of older adults and vulnerable clients. Part 2: Temporary Holds

In the second part of our post looking at proposed changes to securities regulations to enhance protections of older adults and vulnerable clients we’ll cover the proposed amendmen...

Question of the Week: What is the Smith Maneuver?

Question of the Week: What is the penalty for overcontributing to a TFSA?

Question of the Week: What are Forex scams?

Proposed changes to securities regulations to enhance protections of older adults and vulnerable clients. Part 2: Temporary Holds

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