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Are We Trapped in a Cycle of Change That Never Changes? A Forecast for 2025 and Beyond “The more things change, the …
WINNIPEG, TORONTO, and MONTRÉAL, Wednesday, October 2, 2024 /CNW/ Wellington-Altus Financial Inc. (Wellington-Altus), parent company to Canada's top-rated* investment dealer, Wellington-Altus Private Wealth, today launched Independent Advisor Solutions Inc., a new wholly-owned subsidiary as part of its backing for the growing number of Canadian advisors who are seeking an independent platform that champions individual autonomy and delivers the key supports required to care for clients and accelerate the growth of their practices.
WINNIPEG, TORONTO, and MONTRÉAL, September 27, 2024 /CNW/ — Wellington-Altus Financial Inc. (Wellington-Altus), parent company to Canada’s top-rated investment dealer*, today announced its …
As an estate executor, you may face unfamiliar responsibilities and questions, during an often highly emotional time. The good news is your Wellington-Altus advisor and our experienced team of tax and estate professionals are here to help. Among the various tools and estate planning strategies available to you, we’ve created this handy checklist* which outlines five key phases and associated tasks to help you effectively and confidently settle an estate.
Wellington-Altus, parent company to Canada’s top-rated* investment dealer, has announced a new credit facility from credit funds managed by Ares Management that provides Wellington-Altus with access to significant capital as it continues its growth trajectory.
Tales of empires are as old as civilization itself. From ancient Mesopotamia to Rome, from the Mongols to the British, history is replete with stories of great powers that rose to dominate vast swaths of territory, only to eventually crumble under the weight of their ambitions. The United States of America, as the preeminent global superpower of the modern era, finds itself at a critical juncture in this age-old narrative.
Wellington-Altus Financial Inc. (Wellington-Altus), parent company to Canada’s top-rated* investment dealer, has announced the acquisition of investment management firm, Wickham Investment Counsel Inc. (Wickham), located in Hamilton and Burlington, Ontario.
At this very moment, the U.S. faces a fiscal predicament which urgently calls for proactive measures following the 2024 presidential election. The nation's mounting debt crisis demands immediate attention, yet neither party has outlined a clear strategy to address this pressing issue. This election cycle has had no shortage of historic events, from the attempted assassination of Former President and Republican Nominee Donald Trump to Vice President Kamala Harris replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic Nominee. Yet the underlying fiscal dilemma, if left unaddressed, risks triggering an economic crisis that even Wall Street may be underestimating—dismissing U.S. debt concerns as mere cautionary tales.
2024 Wellington-Altus Corporate Tax Reference Card Personal Tax Planning Cards LIF and RLIF Minimum & Maximum Factors Personal and Corporate Tax Integration …
Mark Twain once delivered a sobering reminder of humanity's tendency to disregard transformative ideas while allowing misconceptions to persist. As we stand on the precipice of two seismic shifts—the AI revolution and an impending fiscal storm—his words resonate profoundly.
Wellington-Altus has been recognized as Canada’s top-rated investment dealer for the fifth consecutive year in the 2024 Brokerage Report Card.
In the complex arena of global finance, as in geopolitics, strategic positioning can be just as crucial as raw power. This insight comes from Polish-American diplomat and political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski in his book The Grand Chessboard, which offers a compelling parallel to the world of investing. Brzezinski's analogy paints a vivid picture where nations are likened to chess pieces, with their geographic locations and potential weaknesses playing a pivotal role in the grand strategy of international relations.
Wellington-Altus has exceeded the remarkable milestone of $30 billion in assets under administration (AUA) in just seven years since inception, continuing its parabolic growth.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, deeply mindful of Arthur Burns' missteps and inspired by Paul Volcker's tenacity, is fully cognisant of the historical significance of his role. I have consistently argued that Powell would benefit from studying William McChesney Martin's tenure as the first post-Second World War Federal Reserve Chair in the 1950s. Martin adeptly navigated through a period of fiscal dominance, a pattern that is emerging once again. As Sir Winston Churchill implied, focusing on the wrong historical period can lead to policy errors and financial turmoil.
The 2024 Federal Budget, tabled on April 16, 2024, provides a mix of expected measures and a few surprises. In line with the announcements leading up to Budget Day, Budget 2024 outlines a multitude of measures targeted at housing affordability and the cost of living.
We are at a pivotal moment in history, one that former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan might liken to a historical juncture, where the intertwined narratives obscure the uniqueness of our era. As we contend with a world that echoes the tumult of epics like War and Peace or Game of Thrones, we are in the midst of a "Fourth Turning"—a period of intense demographic, technological, and structural change that recurs approximately every 80 years.
Alignment with Industry Perspective & CIRO Commitments. We are in alignment with the Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC) on several fronts, particularly on the importance of enabling incorporation options for advisors.
Succession planning is vital to ensuring the orderly transition of a family business from one generation to the next.
Canadians have access to a plethora of tax-preferred vehicles for saving and investing, each of which provides unique planning opportunities and trade-offs, as well as their own rules and conditions that must be followed.
Most Canadians are familiar with CPP, which provides retirement, disability, survivor, and death benefits for individuals that have been employed in Canada.1 CPP is funded by mandatory annual contributions by employees, employers and self-employed individuals based on their CPP pensionable earnings, which typically include salary, wages or other remuneration, commissions, bonuses, most taxable benefits, and tips/ gratuities.
Many Canadian shareholder investors (“investor”) own foreign securities. Occasionally a foreign corporation (“original corporation”) will spin-off a subsidiary or business line to its shareholders, so the subsidiary becomes a separate, publicly traded corporation (“spin-off corporation”). In this situation, the investor now owns two separate foreign securities.
