News Releases

- The majority has under $10,000 set aside for a financial emergency

- A quarter of Canadians have one month or less in savings

- Report reveals variances for regions and income levels

- Best Practices in Law Department Diversity

- Best Practices in Compliance Systems

- Attendance by institutional investors & real estate CEOs and CFOs from the U.S. and Canada

- Keynote addresses by renowned investor Sam Zell and Edward Sonshine, CEO of RioCan REIT-Canada's largest REIT

- Graduating student artists from across Canada will display their award-winning work at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) in Toronto from October 2 to 26, 2014

- Media and industry invited to launch event on Wednesday, October 1, 2014

- Two thirds of graduating students believe their degree will lead to a job that allows them to buy a house and support a family

- Graduating students discover they didn't incur as much debt as they may have thought in first year

- First year students more optimistic on 'life after graduating' than fourth and fifth year students

- Flexible work hours, and education, training and development top the list

- Retention-promoting strategies vary based on company size; large organizations more likely to offer various employee retention strategies

- Debt levels and stress impact the young and old

- 35 - 54 year olds hold highest debt levels, but majority don't feel stressed

- Majority of Millennials feel debt-related stress is the source of missed activities, lost sleep and arguments

- S&P 500 expected to gain upwards of 7 per cent by next year

- Financial and healthcare sectors will lead the way

- Since March 2009, S&P has rallied nearly 200 per cent

- Student assistance programs (18 per cent), child's savings (17 per cent) and scholarships (11 per cent) identified as other sources of funding

- Seventy per cent of parents are worried that their children will not be able to afford university or college

- Two-thirds of parents have opened an RESP, up from 52 per cent in 2012

- One of the busiest shopping periods of the year

- Only one-third of post-secondary students relying on family and friends for financial assistance

- BMO Economics: total retail sales are expected to climb 3.5 per cent to 4 per cent this back-to-school season

Ground-breaking poster campaign garnering global attention

- $818,000 is the Average Amount This Cohort Feels They Need to Have for Retirement, but the Average Amount They Have Saved to Date is Just $258,000

- More Than Half Are Currently Caring for Children, Aging Relatives, or Both

- Seventy-Six per cent Feel That the Stress of Everyday Living is Impacting Their Ability to Meet Long Term Financial Goals

- However, the Good News Is This Cohort Has Years to Make Up for the Shortfall

- Service sector job growth has led the way; manufacturing industry expected to pick up

- BMO Hiring Report shows large businesses more likely to expand their workforce than small businesses

- Alberta businesses lead the way on plans to increase size of workforce in 2014