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Jan. 22, 2020

Question of the Week: Can I buy stock in the company I work for? Part II

Last week in Part I of this topic we looked at what an insider was and what it meant to conduct insider trading. Now we’ll look more closely at our question to see how a regular em...

Jan. 15, 2020

Question of the Week: Can I buy stock in the company I work for? Part I

We received a question recently from an investor looking for information on whether it would be considered insider trading for him to purchase stock in the company he works for. Th...

Jan. 13, 2020

Student Connections Program Winter Relaunch!

A new year means a new semester. New classes. New students. New teachers. And with that comes new opportunities.Throughout the fall term in 2019, staff from the Nova Scotia Securit...

Jan. 8, 2020

Question of the Week: Are there rules around advertising for advisers?

It’s tax time and that means investors are about to be bombarded with advertisements telling them to invest before the income tax deadline. Late last year an employee at the Commis...

Question of the Week: Can I buy stock in the company I work for? Part II

Question of the Week: Can I buy stock in the company I work for? Part I

Student Connections Program Winter Relaunch!

Question of the Week: Are there rules around advertising for advisers?

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