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This Technology Is Not For You

By John Ardill In retirement, you will be free from your career.  But will you be free from technology? Until very recently, I certainly wasn’t.  Having been a financial planner for 40 years, I still frame things up in financial terms, so I asked myself:  what return on time I

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The Secrets of Our Succession

  By Ian and John Ardill  As you likely know, Ardill Group is a family business.  And when a family business gets passed down from one generation to the next, it can be disastrous.  For family members’ relationships with each other, and then for their relationships with clients. That didn’t

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The Bank of Canada’s Bluff

By Ian Ardill Recently I had the pleasure of seeing an absolutely riveting talk about inflation and deflation.  The presenter was Drummond Brodeur, Senior Vice-President and Co-Head of Macroeconomic and FX Strategy, CI Global Asset Management (and the event was the National Investment Forum in Vaughan). Especially fascinating was his

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It’s that time again

By Ian Ardill It’s that time of year again!  To think about registered accounts, that is. Most prominently RRSPs – because the deadline to make 2022 contributions, March 1, is fast approaching. I am pleased to say that last year, we invested more client money than ever in registered accounts,

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New edition of Money Match! Avenue Living, Part Deux

“Investing in the everyday.”  That’s how Avenue Living, Canada’s second-largest private REIT with more than 500 buildings, 14,000 apartments and $4.3 billion in assets under management, describes their business model. We see value in their model, worthy of a second interview on my show, Money Match. Thank you to Jason

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Merry Christmas! And a Happy Year (in Review)

By Ian Ardill Joy to the world! I have been very blessed this year. By my family, my friends, and my clients. Also by the ski hills of Mont Tremblant, the family camper we took through Northern Ontario, across the Prairies and through the Rockies this summer, and the Maple

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It’s not lost on me…

It’s not lost on me that so many people have entrusted me with their money. What more can I say in response to such an honour than a huge, sincere: THANK YOU. I don’t take your trust lightly – in fact, none of us here at Ardill Group do. Every

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How could we not?

When my family and I first discovered Compassion Canada – a leading child development organization which helps some of the world’s poorest communities climb out of poverty – that’s exactly what we thought: How could we not partner with this incredible initiative? Fast forward years later, and our family has

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75 years and counting

Seventy-five years. That’s how long the oldest adult development study has been around, working to answer the age-old question: “What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life?” Before we go any further, I have to ask: How happy and healthy are you? And what do you do

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The best of Money Match!

Consider this our Year in Review, Part Two! This year we are extremely proud to have hosted four remarkable individuals on my show, Money Match: Legacy client, Dr. Scott Windsor President and Co-Founder of Invico Capital Corporation, Jason Brooks President and Portfolio Manager of Acclient Capital Management, Dan Pembleton Managing

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What I learned on my summer vacation

  By Ian Ardill  I hope you have had a fantastic summer!  I am grateful to say that my family and I definitely did. In the summer of 2019, we went on an epic camping trip through Quebec and our Atlantic provinces, all the way to Newfoundland and the easternmost

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Ecosystem Update: Lynx Equity

 Over the last 13 years, Lynx Equity has grown from a startup to one of Canada’s largest companies, ranked 459th on the Financial Post 500. They have done that through building a portfolio of approximately 50 companies in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Denmark. Even in the current

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