From Strength to Strength: Tennis BC Succeeds in Staging the 89th Annual Leith Wheeler Stanley Park Open


From Strength to Strength: Tennis BC Succeeds in Staging the 89th Annual Leith Wheeler Stanley Park Open

Talk about a gametime decision. As with nearly all elements of daily life, the 2020 Leith Wheeler Stanley Park Open (LW SPO) was a casualty of COVID but Tennis BC CEO Mark Roberts...

What do successful investors have in common? They have a plan


What do successful investors have in common? They have a plan

The following article was written by Leith Wheeler VP & Portfolio Manager Leanne Scott and first published in CanadianFamilyOffices.com. It has been reprinted here with permission. You can read the original article and...

VIDEO: Leith Wheeler Outlook 2021


VIDEO: Leith Wheeler Outlook 2021

On June 16, 2021, we hosted Leith Wheeler clients virtually for our Outlook 2021 event. You can view the video replay and the slides below. If you have any questions or would like...

Recognition of the Missing Children of the Kamloops Indian Residential School


Recognition of the Missing Children of the Kamloops Indian Residential School

The following is a note our President & CEO, Jim Gilliland, sent out to the staff at Leith Wheeler today. We thought to share his comments here in the case that readers may...

The Inflation Clash: Will it Stay or Will it Go?


The Inflation Clash: Will it Stay or Will it Go?

Last month, both Canada and the US reported a rise in inflation of greater than 2% for the first time since the pandemic began. When combined with unprecedented fiscal policies around the world...

Unsubsidized: How We Managed Through 2020


Unsubsidized: How We Managed Through 2020

To say the pandemic created uncertainty for business owners – especially in the earliest days – is a big understatement. Restaurants, hotels, airlines, barber shops, auto repair garages and so many other providers...

Implications of Budget 2021 for Our Private Clients


Implications of Budget 2021 for Our Private Clients

On April 19, 2021 Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and first female Finance Minister, presented the first federal budget in two years. The 2021 budget projects a deficit of over $350 billion...

Challenging the Way You See


Challenging the Way You See

I recently came across this Harvard Business Review article by Adam Brandenburger: “To Change the Way You Think, Challenge the Way You See”. In it, Brandenburger – who is a professor of Engineering...

VIDEO: Institutional Investors Forum | The Evolving Role of Fixed Income in a Low Rate Environment


VIDEO: Institutional Investors Forum | The Evolving Role of Fixed Income in a Low Rate Environment

In the latest instalment of our Institutional Investor Forum, we hosted clients virtually for a discussion focused on the role of fixed income in portfolios. With real yields in Canada well below than...

2020 Distributions


2020 Distributions

It’s December, which means that fund investors in taxable accounts will be turning their focus to upcoming distributions. To help decipher what that means in general – as well as for Leith Wheeler...

VIDEO: Investment Management from a Board Perspective


VIDEO: Investment Management from a Board Perspective

Say you’re new onto a foundation board and tasked with reviewing the investment portfolio. You’re knowledgeable about many topics – that’s why they recruited you! – but as it turns out, the capital...

CFC Partner Profile: Diversity is Our Strength


CFC Partner Profile: Diversity is Our Strength

Our partners at Community Foundations of Canada have published an important series of reports today about gender equality in Canada. Split into three sections, the reports do what Vital Signs reports do at...