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March is Fraud Prevention Month and throughout the month the Nova Scotia Securities Commission will deliver blog posts and videos to educate investors on how to protect themselves from investment fraud.
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The start of the new year has been a busy time for the Canadian Securities Administrators. In the first two months seven new publications have been issued. In case you missed any of these publications here is a quick rundown of what they were and their purpose along with links to the CSA notices where you can learn more.
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Our three-part series on what is a security concludes today with Part 3.
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Welcome to Part 2 of our blog series on what is a security. In this we’re going through the definition of a security as written in the Nova Scotia Securities Act and explain it in clearer more understandable language.
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A new year means a new semester. New classes. New students. New teachers. And with that comes new opportunities.
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As the name suggests, the Nova Scotia Securities Commission regulates all securities in the province of Nova Scotia. But what exactly is a security?
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It’s tax time, so what better time of year to review a couple of taxes that can come into play when you’re investing. Specifically, we’ll be looking at the Capital Gains Tax, and the Dividend Tax Credit.
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Last week we provided a quick rundown of RRSPs. As we said in that post, it’s RRSP season and investors can expect to see ads online, in print, and broadcast on radio and TV reminding them to contribute to their RRSP before the deadline.
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The turning over of the calendar means it will soon be time to start doing your income taxes. That also means the deadline, March 1, 2022, to contribute to your RRSPs is coming up for the 2021 tax year. You may start to see ads online and on TV reminding you that the time to invest in your RRSPs for the 2021 tax year is running out.
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Part of the Nova Scotia Securities Commission mandate is to protect Nova Scotia investors. One of the ways we do that is by issuing investor alerts.