Bilal Hammoud, CEO of NDAX is investing heavily to build a regulated digital asset exchange Peter Diekmeyer December 15, 2020 721 Canadians turning to Bitcoin, as desperate governments ramp up “money printing” Bitcoin which has more than doubled in price since the start of the year, continues to bounce near all-time highs outperforming a...
Women lead as John Molson School of Business celebrates 20th anniversary Peter Diekmeyer December 12, 2020 513 Much of women’s growing success in leadership roles stems from ground up work at educational establishments like Concordia University When Anne-Marie Croteau agreed to serve as the first female Dean at Concord...
Tribute to a Mensch, my late friend Aaron Fish Peter Blaikie November 10, 2020 1300 That’s My View Aaron Fish was a consummate entrepreneur, possessing the qualities of passion, persistence, vision, curiosity, adaptability, long term focus, and of course – a tolerance for risk A month ago Aa...
Investing 101 – The Home – The Floor Plan – The Furniture Lynn MacNeil October 25, 2020 394 Managing Your Money In the financial industry we use many acronyms such as RRSP, RRIF, LIRA and TFSA to name a few. Most people know that these are financial terms, but not everyone knows what exactly they s...
Bakish Wealth – brothers Nick and Joe Bakish successfully mix investment and a social conscience Peter Kerr October 24, 2020 723 Montreal Success Stories Brothers Joe and Nick Bakish have built Bakish Wealth into a highly successful financial services practice that is popular with successful entrepreneurs, professors and medical profe...
“Mr. Bitcoin” – Montrealers like Fred Pye are leading a digital assets revolution Peter Diekmeyer October 19, 2020 2518 Fred Pye, president of 3iQ leaned back in his booth at Pointe Claire’s Ye Old Orchard pub and smiled. “Bitcoin is the best performing asset class of the last decade,” said Pye, who struggled for almost five yea...
A combined passion leads to success in helping others Peter Kerr September 19, 2020 482 While they didn’t know each other as teenagers, Lynn MacNeil and Fadi Ephtimios had a similar curiosity and interest in money at a young age. Years before they met in wealth management, Lynn and Fadi were both ...
COVID-19 – Worldwide Pandemic! Economic Crisis! Hmmm…Why not buy a boat? RV? Lynn MacNeil August 11, 2020 547 Managing Your Money After what was one of the worst stock market crashes in history, we’ve now seen one of the most amazing recoveries, with the US and Canadian markets down only -3.1% and -7.5% respectively...
Air Canada re-configures passenger aircraft to carry more medical supplies The Montrealer April 23, 2020 961 Air Canada is re-configuring the cabins of three of its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to give them additional cargo capacity. The first aircraft conversion is complete and is now in service, with the second and thi...
RRSPs: Unusual strategies & uncommonly known rules Lynn MacNeil February 23, 2020 1203 Managing Your Money RRSPs, also known as Registered Retirement Savings Plans, are the Canadian government’s way of encouraging us to create our own pension plans. They can be controversial for those who worr...
