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CapIntel Announces New Partnership with NEI Investments

Canada-based CapIntel, a sales platform for financial advisors and asset management sales teams, has announced a partnership with NEI Investments (NEI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of one of the wealth management firms of Canada, Aviso Wealth Inc.

Through this new partnership, NEI will use CapIntel’s FinTech solutions to streamline sales operations and improve the use of fund data. The companies say that with the help of CapIntel’s proprietary technology, NEI wholesalers will benefit from increased efficiency in their day-to-day tasks, such as the ability to make portfolio comparisons faster and easily create media best-in-class sales force to help advisors. in their conversations with customers.

CapIntel’s platform will integrate with NEI’s existing technology, taking the company’s sales enablement capabilities to a new level in response to advisor demands and client expectations.

“The current market has highlighted the need for Canadian investors to have access to advisors who take the time to understand their goals, provide sound and personalized financial advice, and add clarity and context to those recommendations. said James Rockwood, CEO of CapIntel. “We’re thrilled that our platform supports NEI’s teams to continue doing just that, while improving the experience for wholesalers, advisors and customers.”

Twitter will add podcasts and new audio hubs to its platform

Twitter has spear an experience with select users that will feature an all-new, redesigned audio journey, including a revamped Spaces tab. The new features will allow Twitter users to listen to podcasts on the platform and have a more personalized listening experience through new audio hubs designed specifically for them.

Custom hubs group audio content by categories such as news, music, and sports. Twitter listeners can now access a more comprehensive selection of live and recorded spaces discussing the topics they want to hear.

Currently, the experience will only be available to a select group of people globally whose Twitter settings are set to the English language, on iOS and Android.

Three Canadian startups join the Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders Program Class of 2022

Three Canadian women-led startups will participate in the 2022 Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders program. Startups include MedEssist, Blossom Social, and Emaww.

Vancouver-based Blossom Social is building Canada’s first social brokerage, combining mobile-first stock trading with a social community for investors.

Toronto-based MedEssist is a healthcare delivery platform enabling digital health, diagnostics and pharmaceutical companies to leverage the physical space of a pharmacy and trusted healthcare professionals to bring scale of innovative solutions.

Emaww is a Montreal-based company that provides advanced, non-intrusive emotion analytics for websites to improve their user experience and improve their digital well-being through emotional intelligence.

The 10-week program aims to provide women founders with technical support and mentorship opportunities to help them grow their business. This year’s cohort includes 12 female-led startups from Canada and the United States

Xero partners with the Black Business and Professional Association to launch a scholarship

Xero, a provider of cloud-based accounting software for small and medium-sized businesses, announced an annual fellowship with the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA). The award, based on academic achievement and financial need, will be awarded to a Black student studying any field of accounting at an accredited Canadian college or university.

Gartner’s Labor Market Survey, released last year, found that corporate finance ranks among the lowest of all industries when it comes to increasing representation, people of color accounting for only 11% of the total workforce and only 6% of management positions in finance. .

This recent move aims to improve those numbers and represents an evolution of Xero’s partnership with BBPA, established in 2021.

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Are “state-sponsored” ransomware excluded from cyber insurance? Plus three ironic points. This Week in Ransomware – Monday, August 29

We received a note drawing our attention to the following story from a company committed to protecting cybersecurity. This raised some interesting questions not only about future insurance coverage, but also about possible exclusions that we hadn’t thought of.

Layoffs and fears of recession in the technology sector affect employee morale

Over the past few months, Canadian-based tech companies have downsized, cutting a large chunk of their staff.

SpaceX partners with T-Mobile to provide cellular service across the United States

SpaceX has partnered with T-Mobile in its first major step toward ending cellular dead zones, SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk and T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert announced at an event in live at Starbase, Texas on August 26.

Canada faces digital and STEM skills shortage, says CD Howe Institute report

A Toronto-based policy research organization, the CD Howe Institute has released a study examining the shortage of digital and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills in Canada.

Channel Bytes August 26, 2022 – UK Partner Blackline Safety Signs $2 Million Deal; Field Effect, iSpire’s partner to protect SMEs; New CEO for Sage Canada; and more

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Winners of the Women in the IT Channel Recognition Award

The CDN Women in the IT Channel Recognition Luncheon took place last week, highlighting the achievements of women in the IT sector.

Intel signs ‘first of its kind’ co-investment agreement with Canadian asset management firm

Intel has signed a co-investment agreement of up to US$30 billion with Canadian investment firm Brookfield Asset Management to fund its semiconductor expansion efforts in Arizona.

Bill 64 on the protection of personal information in Quebec: is your company ready?

Some provisions of the “An Act to Modernize Privacy Laws” (formerly known as Bill 64) will come into force in just over a month, on September 22.^n/a. It will affect all companies doing business in the province of Quebec. Will your organization be ready to comply?

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