The Globe and Mail Audrey Carleton Published April 1, 2021
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When Stephanie Douglas and Paul Harris launched Toronto-based Harris Douglas Asset Management two years ago, they did so with a digital-first mindset, striving to grow their client base by building an online following. So, when the world moved onto the internet at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, they didn’t have to change many of their methods for finding new clients.
“Although Zoom was very new for us,” she says, “we’d already started on the whole digital marketing piece.”
Nevertheless, Ms. Douglas says she and Mr. Harris started increasing their communication efforts, such as the frequency of posts on their e-mail newsletter, sending their existing base of followers relevant stories on the financial pressures of the pandemic. Their readership took off.
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50 Music Square W.
Work is ready to begin at the Music Row site once home to the iconic United Artists Tower and long eyed for a hotel, then an apartment building and, once more, a hotel.
The project will unfold at 50 Music Square W. An investor and development group overseen by hoteliers Jay Patel and Andy Bhakta will undertake work on the seven-story, 132-room hotel building (pictured).
The site previously accommodated the nine-story octagon-shaped United Artists Tower, which the owners had razed in 2019. A permit, valued at $3.09 million, has been issued to allow for framing and foundation work. Southland Constructors is handling the job.
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Citing the continuing impact of the pandemic, Canada’s biggest banks and insurers are once again heading to court for permission to hold annual meetings online in 2021.
According to a court filing obtained by The Globe and Mail, a group of 16 applicants that includes the country’s six biggest banks and three largest insurance companies has applied for an order allowing them to hold virtual shareholder or policyholder meetings next year.