The Fee-based Summer 2014 Semi-annual Report

Question: which two provinces have a combined GDP that is larger than that of Norway and the same size as that of Sweden? Answer: Alberta and British Columbia. Question: Which is the Canadian financial centre that is ranked alongside Chicago and Geneva? Answer: Vancouver. Question: Where is the highest concentration in Alberta of households with high income and high levels of accumulated wealth? Answer: Fort McMurray. The lead story in the latest edition of the Fee-based Report looks at the breadth, depth and importance of the wealth management business in Canada’s two most western provinces. Not only that, it looks at the competitive environment and, through the application of our proprietary WealthMINE database, pinpoints the wealth management opportunity represented by key cities in both provinces.