💡See also: Mortgage tidbits below Monday's bond trading was so tranquil that we thought our screen had frozen. Ahead of major economic announcements—of which there are many this week—you expect light trading, but this was monk-quiet. That said, here's what pressured Canada's

First National Financial, a non-bank powerhouse that's one of Canada's biggest broker lenders, plans to sell a controlling stake to private equity in a $2.9 billion deal. The two groups signing the cheque are: * Global alternative asset manager Brookfield Asset Management Ltd., which owns private

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Equitable Bank has reportedly been sending out emails to a small number of 'B' customers, asking them to requalify at renewal. At least some of the borrowers in question have apparently never even defaulted. This begs the glaring question: Why? Here's what Equitable Bank told us