Welcome to Part 2 of our blog series on what is a security. In this we’re going through the definition of a security as written in the Nova Scotia Securities Act and explain it in ...
A new year means a new semester. New classes. New students. New teachers. And with that comes new opportunities.Throughout the fall term in 2021, staff from the Nova Scotia Securit...
As the name suggests, the Nova Scotia Securities Commission regulates all securities in the province of Nova Scotia. But what exactly is a security? If you look at the Nova Scotia ...
It’s tax time, so what better time of year to review a couple of taxes that can come into play when you’re investing. Specifically, we’ll be looking at the Capital Gains Tax, and t...
Last week we provided a quick rundown of RRSPs. As we said in that post, it’s RRSP season and investors can expect to see ads online, in print, and broadcast on radio and TV remind...
The turning over of the calendar means it will soon be time to start doing your income taxes. That also means the deadline, March 1, 2022, to contribute to your RRSPs is coming up ...
Part of the Nova Scotia Securities Commission mandate is to protect Nova Scotia investors. One of the ways we do that is by issuing investor alerts. You can find all the alerts we’...
In 2017 the Before You Invest Blog was relaunched. A Question of the Week format was implemented that ensured at least one new blog post per week. Since then, there have been 301 n...
There will be no Before You Invest blog post this week as we take a short break for the holidays. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year everyone! We’ll see you in 2022 with more invest...
On December 31st the remainingClient Focused Reforms (CFRs) will come into effect. Here’s a brief rundown and what this means for clients and registrants.Relationship Disclosure In...
