Exclusive: A Year in Review and Look Ahead from Canada’s Online Brokerages

Scotia iTrade

Providing self-directed traders and investors with a competitive advantage is Scotia iTRADE’s top priority, says Bob Grant, Managing Director and Head, at one of Canada’s top-ranked online brokerages. “And we’re delivering on this with exceptional value, market-leading platforms, and easy-to-use investing and trading solutions,” Grant adds.

This strategy seems to be paying off for Scotia iTRADE, as the accolades poured in this year from several of Canada’s main broker rankings.

MoneySense Magazine named Scotia iTRADE as its 2014 overall Top Pick for Ease of Use, Banking Integration and Customer Service in its 2nd annual survey of the best discount brokerages. The year before, MoneySense named Scotia iTRADE #1 for Active Traders and #1 for Beginner Investors. Plus, for the 2nd consecutive year, Scotia iTRADE received an “A” grade for Research and Tools in The Globe and Mail’s annual online brokerage ranking by columnist Rob Carrick.

The success kicked-off in April 2014 when Scotia iTRADE established a leadership position in the marketplace by dropping online trading commission to $4.99 for active investors. And throughout the year, the brokerage launched many products and services to enhance clients’ investing experience, including online dividend purchase and reinvestment, a realized gains and losses tool, easy access to third-party GICs and rates, and enhancements to its mobile and tablet trading apps.

All of Scotia iTRADE’s clients enjoyed the added value of a full series of interactive learning modules on direct investing – on top of Scotia iTRADE’s 100+ Webinars on-demand to empower investors and traders at every level of experience. Its top iClub Platinum members, however, also enjoyed the additional benefits of free access to the Sabrient Baker’s Dozen list, an award-winning quantitative ranking system.

“Scotia iTRADE clients can look forward to even more enhancements this coming year,” says Grant. He says they can expect to see a new Performance Reporting tool and further improvements on all trading platforms.

To learn more about Scotia iTRADE visit their website at www.scotiaitrade.com or view our profile of Scotia iTRADE here.