May 9, 2011
Canada’s approach to assessing the value of healthcare innovation is causing us to fall behind the rest of the world, particularly when it comes to access by patients to new therapies. As a result, people within the Canadian operation of the world’s largest independent biotechnology company, Amgen, are working with others in the broader health system to spark a public debate on how to better evaluate new healthcare technology.
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May 9, 2011
A NEW ECONOMY, A NEW START.
There’s never been a better time to take a hard look at your investment portfolio.
Maybe you pulled your money out right at the depth of the economic downturn, and have been sitting on the sidelines ever since, scared and unsure of how to get back in. Or perhaps you’ve realized you have too much risk in your portfolio to stomach all the ups and downs – a reality that has seemed to become the new normal for financial markets.
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May 9, 2011
A WEALTH OF OPPORTUNITY
Manulife Investments, emphasizing active management, delivers a breadth of products to help advisors and investors move forward with confidence.
Solid economic data indicating both Canada and the U.S. are in recovery mode suggest investors finally have reason for optimism after several very challenging years. Yet investors still have ground to recover and many steps still lie ahead as they take charge of their financial futures. Indeed, in a wide-ranging interview, Roy Firth, Executive Vice-President, Individual Wealth Management for the Canadian division of Manulife Financial, reveals that many investors remain paralyzed by fear and uncertainty, and are unsure how best to adjust their investment portfolio mix following a period of unprecedented market volatility.
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May 9, 2011
CONSUMER BUSINESSES
Canada has clearly been impacted by the global economy.
After two years of economic upheaval, there are still trouble spots in the European zone and the U.S., but Canada, like Brazil, can be considered a leader on the global stage.
Canada’s economy has become less dependent on the U.S. as it develops trade with developing markets such as China. In fact, over the past 10 years, Canada’s trade with the U.S. has decreased from to 74 to 64 per cent. (more…)
May 9, 2011
Creating exciting experiences in the Canadian retail sector
Two years of recession have forever changed the Canadian retail and restaurant landscape.
“There’s a greater focus on creating an exceptional and exciting shopping experience that has an element of entertainment,” says Willy Kruh, Global Chairman, Consumer Markets, KPMG. “Retailers are thinking of new ways of ‘wowing’ consumers and trying to exceed their expectations each time they make a purchase.”
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