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Federal Privacy Office Acted Like RBC’s PR Arm, Says Integrity Advocate

February 21, 2020

Federal Privacy Office Acted Like RBC’s PR Arm, Says Integrity Advocate FOI reveals watchdog pushed media to change headline on story about investigation into bank. Canada’s privacy watchdog moved to have news reports about its investigation of RBC and Facebook changed after the bank complained they were “problematic,” documents released under freedom of information legislation […]

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RBC Warns Cracks “Starting To Show” In Canadian Credit

April 12, 2018

RBC Warns Cracks “Starting To Show” In Canadian Credit One often wonders if the government will ever realize that, due to its policies, its “solutions” often wind up turning into bigger problems than the ones they set out to address initially? Not only that, but this has been the case for decades, and it will […]

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RBC Explains What The Hell Is Going On: “Prudent” Fed & Chinese Intervention

May 25, 2017

RBC Explains What The Hell Is Going On: “Prudent” Fed & Chinese Intervention A “prudent” Fed (and China’s “National Team”) have spurred a risk-on rally, as RBC’s head of cross-asset strategy Charlie McElligott notes the market’s ‘Pavolovian’ response to Fed’s ‘dovish hints’ contained within the Minutes – despite simultaneously staying ‘on message’ with hiking / tapering […]

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Canada’s Fourth Largest Bank Erases $1 Billion In Excess Capital In Unexpected Accounting Gimmick

October 4, 2016

Canada’s Fourth Largest Bank Erases $1 Billion In Excess Capital In Unexpected Accounting Gimmick Early in 2016, when oil prices were plunging and when US banks were careful to push up their loan loss reserves to exposed E&P loans, we noted something surprising: Canadian banks had barely taken any loss reserves to their exposure in the […]

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Fresh Mainstream Nonsense on Gold Demand

May 16, 2016

Fresh Mainstream Nonsense on Gold Demand  They Will Never Get It… We and many others have made a valiant effort over the years to explain what actually moves the gold market (as examples see e.g. our  article “Misconceptions About Gold”, or Robert Blumen’s excellent essay “Misunderstanding Gold Demand”).  Sometimes it is a bit frustrating when […]

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Royal Bank and BMO defend Canada’s banking sector amid Panama Papers and Fintrac fine

April 7, 2016

Royal Bank and BMO defend Canada’s banking sector amid Panama Papers and Fintrac fine Bad week for big banks as tax haven discussion hits at same time as fine levied for lack of disclosur It has been a rough week, reputationally for Canadian banks, but fundamentally they remain among the world’s best. (Mark Blinch/Reuters) The […]

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These Are The Two Canadian Banks Most Exposed To A Severe Oil Shock According To Moody’s

February 22, 2016

These Are The Two Canadian Banks Most Exposed To A Severe Oil Shock According To Moody’s Two weeks ago we asked if, in the aftermath of the dramatic selloff suffered by European banks over commodity exposure concerns, whether Canadian banks would not be next in line. The reason was that according to an RBC report, while […]

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