Christine Dobby

Toronto

Canadian finance reporter @BloombergCA, previously @TorontoStar @globebusiness, reformed lawyer, DM for Signal/WhatsApp/cell, she/her, views my own

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Articles

Canada’s auto heartland is bleeding jobs and poised to decide the election

2 weeks ago | postguam.com | Christine Dobby

Canada’s election has become a referendum on which leader can guide the country through its biggest economic risk in decades. Voters in the manufacturing centers of Ontario, now on the front lines of the trade war, are poised to play a key role in deciding the outcome. The ring of cities and towns around Toronto is always important in winning elections in Canada, but U.S. tariffs have supercharged this race.
Scotiabank CEO Wants a Majority Government in Canada's Election

2 weeks ago | financialpost.com | Christine Dobby

(Bloomberg) — As Canada’s two major political parties come to a head in the federal election in the face of Washington’s trade war, Bank of Nova Scotia’s chief executive officer is making it clear: the best outcome would be one party in control, leaving the uncertainty behind.
Scotiabank CEO Wants a Majority Government in Canada’s Election

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Christine Dobby

Scott Thomson(Bloomberg) -- As Canada’s two major political parties do battle in a national election during Washington’s trade war, Bank of Nova Scotia’s chief executive officer is making it clear: the best outcome would be one party in control, leaving the uncertainty behind. “To me, a majority government with a pro-growth agenda, that’s key,” Scott Thomson said in an interview Tuesday after the firm’s annual meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Canada’s auto heartland is bleeding jobs and poised to decide the election

2 weeks ago | torontosun.com | Christine Dobby

The ring of cities and towns around Toronto is always important to winning elections in Canada, but US tariffs have supercharged this race. Many voters had been leaning toward the Conservative Party after weathering inflation and other frustrations under Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government. But Trudeau is gone and now President Donald Trump’s threats to their livelihoods dominate the public debate.
Carney Revises Canada’s Approach to Trade War: Bay Street Edition

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Christine Dobby

Welcome to Bay Street Edition, our weekly newsletter devoted to what’s happening in Canadian finance, covering strategy, deals, people moves and economics. I’m Christine Dobby, Bloomberg’s Toronto-based banking reporter, and you’ll find me in your inbox every Friday. This week, we’re talking about the new global economic order after the US tariff onslaught, job-swapping on Bay Street and another 12-year NHL rights deal for Rogers. Plus: some obscenely expensive real estate for a distraction.
Scotia Hires Eilers to Co-Lead Corporate and Investment Bank

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Christine Dobby

Bank of Nova Scotia hired former UBS Group AG executive Matt Eilers as global co-head of corporate and investment-banking as the Canadian lender continues its push into US capital markets. New York-based Eilers will join the bank on April 9 and report to Travis Machen, who took over as group head of Scotiabank’s capital-markets division last year. Machen announced the change Friday morning in a memo to staff, the contents of which were confirmed by a representative for the bank.
Santander wins Canadian banking license amid push into Americas

3 weeks ago | financialpost.com | Christine Dobby |Jorge Zuloaga

Santander’s Canadian subsidiary, based in Edmonton, had almost 300 employees and revenue of US$82 million in 2024Banco Santander SA has won a Canadian banking license as it continues its expansion across the Americas. Canada’s banking regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions , issued an order for Santander Consumer Bank to “commence and carry on business” early last month, according to a notice published in the government’s official newspaper over the weekend.
Santander Wins Canadian Banking License Amid Push Into Americas

3 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Christine Dobby |Jorge Zuloaga

Banco Santander SA has won a Canadian banking license as it continues its expansion across the Americas. Canada’s banking regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, issued an order for Santander Consumer Bank to “commence and carry on business” early last month, according to a published in the government’s official newspaper over the weekend.
Santander Wins Canadian Banking License Amid Push Into Americas

3 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Christine Dobby |Jorge Zuloaga

Banco Santander SA has won a Canadian banking license as it continues its expansion across the Americas. Canada’s banking regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, issued an order for Santander Consumer Bank to “commence and carry on business” early last month, according to a published in the government’s official newspaper over the weekend.
Santander Wins Canadian Banking License Amid Push Into Americas

3 weeks ago | financialpost.com | Christine Dobby |Jorge Zuloaga

Banco Santander SA has won a Canadian banking license as it continues its expansion across the Americas. (Bloomberg) — Banco Santander SA has won a Canadian banking license as it continues its expansion across the Americas. Canada’s banking regulator, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, issued an order for Santander Consumer Bank to “commence and carry on business” early last month, according to a notice published in the government’s official newspaper over the weekend.