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Your WP Morning Briefing brings you a daily update of the stories we're covering at WealthProfessional.ca including: In its recently published Financial Stress Index, FP Canada offered a snapshot look at the types of money regrets Canadians are living with; and more than half of Canadians pay more attention to the weather than the details of what they have been paid, according to a new poll from Payments Canada.

Your WP Morning Briefing brings you a daily update of the stories we're covering at WealthProfessional.ca including: The loonie is in favour for foreign currency traders, who are cautious about the US dollar’s mercurial surge this year; and how much does the average Canadian pay, through various taxes, for the public healthcare that most of us rely on throughout our lives?

Your WP Morning Briefing brings you a daily update of the stories we're covering at WealthProfessional.ca including: There was a jump in the number of Canadians working for themselves last month, but the overall number remains below the pre-pandemic norm; and Canadian corporate insolvency filings increased by more than 26% in the first half of 2022.

Your WP Morning Briefing brings you a daily update of the stories we're covering at WealthProfessional.ca including: Job security shouldn't be a major concern if a new outlook from Robert Half Canada is realised; and income disparity increased in the last year even though there were "broad-based increases" in wages and salaries.

Your WP Morning Briefing brings you a daily update of the stories we're covering at WealthProfessional.ca including: investors are withdrawing significant amounts from global theme funds as their interest in these assets, the majority of which are highly associated with economic growth, wanes; having friendships that cut across class lines can mean better financial outcomes for poorer children; and there's still time to make a nomination for WP's 5 Star Leading Women In Wealth.

Your WP Morning Briefing brings you a daily update of the stories we're covering at WealthProfessional.ca including: Confidence in the Canadian economy among senior business leaders is slumping amid rising costs, supply chain issues, and other key factors; and Twitter has subpoenaed records from equity investors including a unit of Brookfield Asset Management over Elon Musk’s financing of the $44 billion buyout it sued him to complete.

Your WP Morning Briefing brings you a daily update of the stories we're covering at WealthProfessional.ca including: Canadian pension plans experienced negative returns in all public market asset classes during the past quarter; Legacy risk management systems are fragmented and hampering investment managers’ capabilities to respond to increasing volatility across global markets; and Canada's most heavily indebted consumers are feeling the pressure of rising mortgage rates, but it won’t be the same for the overall economy, according to one of Canada’s big banks.

Your WP Morning Briefing brings you a daily update of the stories we're covering at WealthProfessional.ca including: Two Canadian provinces have decided to expand the self-certified investor prospectus exemption, allowing those investors who can show enhanced knowledge and understanding of the risks of investment, to invest alongside accredited investors; and Asset managers reported robust increase in ESG investment over the past year across asset classes and anticipate it will continue well into the future.

Your WP Morning Briefing brings you a daily update of the stories we're covering at WealthProfessional.ca including: A survey of family offices’ chief investment officers has found optimism for good things ahead; and a big 6 Canadian bank must reveal the real owners of 97 offshore businesses that used its services.

Your WP Morning Briefing brings you a daily update of the stories we're covering at WealthProfessional.ca including: A survey of family offices’ chief investment officers has found optimism for good things ahead; and a big 6 Canadian bank must reveal the real owners of 97 offshore businesses that used its services.