Viewpoints by Glen Brown, at Manulife Private Wealth
Glen has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry working with high-net-worth clients both domestically and internationally. Glen is currently the Managing Director and Head of Manulife Private Wealth and is responsible for developing and implementing the vision and strategy of Manulife Private wealth as it continues to expand nationally. Before Manulife, Glen held senior positions with large Canadian banks, including leading the offshore trust company subsidiary of CIBC in The Bahamas. In this role, he traveled extensively around the world working closely with complex client needs including intergenerational wealth transfers and trust structures. Glen also led the Wealth Advisory Services team at TD Bank Group which supported advisors and clients in areas including Tax and Estate Planning, Business Succession Planning and Insurance Advisory Solutions. Glen has significant experience in working with leading advisors and dealing with high and ultra-high-net-worth clients globally. A graduate of Queen’s University and the University of Glasgow, Glen also holds the TEP and CFP® designations and is licensed as an Investment Counsellor across Canada. He lives in Toronto with his wife and daughters and can be seen most mornings chauffeuring his girls to early morning swim practices.
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How do the markets look for the remainder of the year?
Heightened market volatility is likely to remain throughout 2020 and into 2021. The ongoing challenge of the pandemic and its impact on the broader economy will continue to destabilize the recovery currently under way and have a disproportionate impact on market returns.
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Markets diverge from the pandemic and economy
We expect markets to continue to be volatile in the months ahead as investors digest the impact of economies reopening, additional localized coronavirus outbreaks, and other major geopolitical factors.
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This is what a pandemic looks like in economic terms
Find out what impact the COVID-19 pandemic has on the Canadian economy and the effects of the government and central banks’ massive economic stimulus measures.
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2019, what a long, strange trip it’s been
As I look back on the past year, two things really jump out at me. The first is that 2019 seems to have gone by in the blink of an eye. The second is that…
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Geopolitical and trade tensions contributed to increased market volatility in Q3
During the third quarter, global equity markets continued to be impacted by geopolitical and trade tensions, while economic data increasingly indicated a sluggish global environment.
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Global Volatility and Trade Wars. Is this the start of a market correction or déjà vu?
The first of a series of articles that examines various aspects of change in relation to the economy, businesses and finance which we may expect from AI in the decades to come.
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Market timing...or time in the market?
Following a painfully weak close to 2018, investors had to wonder if the doom and gloom would continue into the first quarter of 2019.
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2018 concludes with a bear like roar
The overarching theme for markets, as we head towards the end of 2018, has been one of extreme market volatility.
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Ten years later, should we be worried?
For those of us in the financial industry, and in fact all investors, September 15th marked a milestone.
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Will the threat of trade wars lead to a market correction?
The first half of 2018 was a tale of two markets.
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