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Big-ticket 'investor: Keith Douglas heads Investment Funds Institute of Canada, whose members manage almost $2.6 billion in assets.
Big-ticket 'investor: Keith Douglas heads Investment Funds Institute of Canada, whose members manage almost $2.6 billion in assets.

Big-ticket 'investor: Keith Douglas heads Investment Funds Institute of Canada, whose members manage almost $2.6 billion in assets.

Date12/31/1979
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Keith Douglas, president of Investment Funds Institute of Canada, expects investors to be attracted to funds by better treatment of dividends.
Keith Douglas, president of Investment Funds Institute of Canada, expects investors to be attracted to funds by better treatment of dividends.
1/7/1978
Keith Douglas: Risk factor is involved, says head of investment funds institute.
Keith Douglas: Risk factor is involved, says head of investment funds institute.
11/1/1985
High-pressure world of David Cockfield (crouching in foreground) is centred on big, circular trading desk with 20 direct telephone lines to stock, bond and money dealers. He's talking to investment analyst Helen Boschen. An investment manager for Canada Trust Co., 37-year-old Cockfield is responsible for putting to work at highest profit but with greatest safety $2 billion of funds belonging to others.
High-pressure world of David Cockfield (crouching in foreground) is centred on big, circular trading desk with 20 direct telephone lines to stock, bond and money dealers. He's talking to investment analyst Helen Boschen. An investment manager for Canada Trust Co., 37-year-old Cockfield is responsible for putting to work at highest profit but with greatest safety $2 billion of funds belonging to others.
5/7/1975
John Kruger, left, head of the Pension Commission of Ontario, and Bob Hawkes, Superintendent of Pensions, have influence over rules governing Ontario private pension fund assets of $55 billion
John Kruger, left, head of the Pension Commission of Ontario, and Bob Hawkes, Superintendent of Pensions, have influence over rules governing Ontario private pension fund assets of $55 billion
11/19/1987
In the president's seat: As chief of Canada's eighth-largest publicly owned energy company, Ed Battle has a lot on his mind these days. He's a Canadian citizen and he's listened to by the Ottawa mandarins who put together this country's controversial national energy policy. Norcen has 27,000 shareholders and $1.2 billion in assets.
In the president's seat: As chief of Canada's eighth-largest publicly owned energy company, Ed Battle has a lot on his mind these days. He's a Canadian citizen and he's listened to by the Ottawa mandarins who put together this country's controversial national energy policy. Norcen has 27,000 shareholders and $1.2 billion in assets.
4/23/1981
Sunny smiles: Sun Life of Canada president George Clarke (left) and chairman Thomas Galt stand before model of new headquarters at annual meeting yesterday. Meeting heard of big growth in assets.
Sunny smiles: Sun Life of Canada president George Clarke (left) and chairman Thomas Galt stand before model of new headquarters at annual meeting yesterday. Meeting heard of big growth in assets.
2/10/1981
Douglas J. McClellan, left, is the first Canadian to be named president of the U.S.-dominated National Tax Association-Tax Institute of America which has 4,000 members. He is shown with John Shannon of Washington, D.C.
Douglas J. McClellan, left, is the first Canadian to be named president of the U.S.-dominated National Tax Association-Tax Institute of America which has 4,000 members. He is shown with John Shannon of Washington, D.C.
9/13/1973
Investor: Doug Law of Missisauga may never recover the $14,000 in pension funds he had invested with Argosy.
Investor: Doug Law of Missisauga may never recover the $14,000 in pension funds he had invested with Argosy.
6/24/1980
Billions at stake: O and Y's chief negotiator Steve Miller says the best plan is to nurture assets back to health
Billions at stake: O and Y's chief negotiator Steve Miller says the best plan is to nurture assets back to health
8/20/1992
Robert Blair: Nova Corp. chairman is aiming to pare down the company's petro-chemical debt to $1.6 billion by selling off surplus assets, including a valve maker
Robert Blair: Nova Corp. chairman is aiming to pare down the company's petro-chemical debt to $1.6 billion by selling off surplus assets, including a valve maker
5/13/1968
Heavy thinker: James Sinclair is opening the world's first strategic metals investment fund - for investors with at least $100,000 to spend
Heavy thinker: James Sinclair is opening the world's first strategic metals investment fund - for investors with at least $100,000 to spend
4/14/1980
Safe from seizure: The 72-storey First Canadian Place tower was a target of investors who moved to seize assets before O and Y sought bankruptcy protection
Safe from seizure: The 72-storey First Canadian Place tower was a target of investors who moved to seize assets before O and Y sought bankruptcy protection
5/15/1992