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2010

Centennial College launches Islamic finance course

http://www.investmentexecutive.com/client/en/News/DetailNews.asp?Id=54683&cat=147&IdSection=147&PageMem=&nbNews=#Links

Islamic finance: A new interest in no interest. Canada is finally seeing Islamic finance as an opportunity, not an obstacle.

Canada is finally seeing Islamic finance as an opportunity, not an obstacle. Featured in Canadian Business
Online.

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/managing/strategy/article.jsp?content=20100816_10007_10007&utm_source=business&utm_medium=rss

Toronto the pragmatic choice for national securities regulator: Toronto Financial Services Alliance

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TFSA’s perspective on some of the issues before world leaders at the G-20 Summit

http://www.tfsa.ca/g20/

Toronto Rising

http://www.financialpost.com/Toronto+rising/3173264/story.html

Country Profile – Canada

http://www.director.co.uk/magazine/2010/6_June/canada_country_profile_63_10.html

M&T Bank Approved to Open Canadian Commercial Banking Branch

http://mtb.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=246

Toronto Financial Services Alliance supports federal efforts to create Canadian Securities Regulator

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What Toronto can teach New York and London

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/db2b340a-0a1b-11df-8b23-00144feabdc0.html

Ontario Budget embraces plans to grow Toronto as Financial Services Hub: Toronto Financial Services Alliance ready to move forward with its partners

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2010 Federal Budget Highlights

http://www.kpmg.ca/en/services/tax/tnf/tnfc1012.html

Centennial College to offer Islamic finance course

http://bit.ly/ax7fpi

“Good and Boring”

We can learn from Canada’s regulatory habit of limiting the risk and leverage banks can accept, which helped protect that country from recessionary fallout.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/opinion/01krugman.html

New Models for Engagement – Connecting People, Employers and Jobs

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Toronto Financial Services Alliance welcomes CMHC report on Islamic financing

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TFSA President Janet Ecker interview on TVO’s “The Agenda”

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“10 Emerging Financial Centers That Will Blindside New York and London”

http://www.businessinsider.com/top-emerging-financial-centers-2010-1

2009

Centre of Excellence in Financial Services Education Appoints First Executive Director

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Text of an article published in The Toronto Star, December 8, 2009

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Financial Services Leadership Council to promote jobs

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Plan to Make Toronto a Top Financial Centre Focuses on Creation of World-Leading Hubs of Expertise

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Quietly Prospering: Canadian financial services

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Panel Discussion: A Comparison of Developments in Islamic Finance between London, UK and Toronto

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Canada’s Next Big Export—Banking

http://www.conferenceboard.ca/economics/hot_eco_topics/default/09-02-24/Canada_s_Next_Big_Export_Banking.aspx

Canadian Banks Prove Envy Of The World

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55654d74-fec3-11dd-b19a-000077b07658.html

Worthwhile Canadian Initiative

http://www.newsweek.com/id/183670

Toronto Life Magazine Article: The Good News About the Bad Times

http://www.torontolife.com/features/good-news-about-bad-times/

2008

Pension Measures and Economic Advisory Panel Address Market Uncertainty

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The Financial Times and Canada 2020 present "View from the Top: From Crisis to Opportunity in the North American Economy"

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Agenda for Prosperity – City of Toronto Economic CompetitivenesToronto Seen As Canadian Hub For The Financial Services Industry

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Ontario Banking On Bay Street

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Toronto-New York Financial Services Day

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