Your WP Morning Briefing brings you a daily update of the stories we’re covering at WealthProfessional.ca including:

• The Bank of Canada left the door open to further slowing of the pace of interest rate hikes, while warning the labour market faces an uneven adjustment to higher borrowing costs.
• The ability to access real-time market data (RTMD) on orders and trades in Canadian equity securities could be improved by new regulation.
• Individuals who work with financial professionals are more optimistic than those who don't.
• Even as budgets were being squeezed by inflation and rising interest rates, there remains demand in the housing market, but who are the typical Canadian homebuyers?
• The wealth industry needs to be bold if it’s going to find its footing to serve women, said one of the women leaders presenting at the Women in Wealth online summit on Dec. 6. REGISTER NOW.

These stories in full at wealthprofessional.ca and in our newsletters, plus: why 20% of advisors are talking to their clients about ESG; demand for ‘risk-on’ assets drives boom in ETF flows; and are your clients getting caught in the ‘interest rate trap’ of GICs?