Why TD’s Ed Clark says Canada isn’t heading for a U.S.-style housing bust

Toronto-Dominion Bank has just come off one of its most profitable years ever. Its shares have nearly regained the ground they lost in the financial crisis and the country’s second-biggest bank is riding high on the Canadian consumer’s apparently insatiable appetite for debt. But how much longer can it go on? TD chief executive Ed Clark recently sat down with Financial Post reporter John Greenwood to talk about the shaky state of household finances, the frothy housing market and what it all means for the banking sector. Here is an edited version of the interview.

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Oil industry faced with ‘serious challenge’ as pipelines fill up, TD warns

CALGARY — Two major banks are warning that increased pipeline capacity is badly needed to bring Canadian oil to market.

In a report released Monday, TD Economics calls pipeline expansion a “national priority.”

“Canada’s oil industry is facing a serious challenge to its long-term growth,” says the report.

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TD Bank reports $1.6 billion profit in fourth quarter, announces U.S. acquisition

TORONTO — TD Bank Financial Group (TSX: TD) is buying the U.S.-based Epoch investment management business for US$668 million in cash, a relatively modest amount for one of Canada’s biggest banking groups.

The purchase was announced as TD released its fourth-quarter and full-year results for 2012. TD reported it had $1.6 billion of net income in the fourth quarter, bringing the total for year ended Oct. 31 to $6.47 billion.

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