Manal Ali

Manal Ali

Manal Syeda Ali is a Senior Content Specialist for Key Media with a focus on investing and portfolio management content for InvestmentNews, Wealth Professional and the Benefits and Pensions Monitor titles.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business from the University of Waterloo. After a brief stint in the finance industry, Manal transitioned to financial journalism at Canadian DIY-investing publications Advice for Investors and Investor’s Digest.

Why time, not talent, is now advisors' biggest planning challenge

With meeting prep consuming up to 20 percent of an advisor’s week, integrated platforms and automation tools are redefining how planning gets done

Why time, not talent, is now advisors' biggest planning challenge

A real estate model that has held firm even when sentiment softened

Why Pier 4's selective property acquisitions and rental market insights continue to deliver stable growth across Canada’s most resilient mid-sized cities

A real estate model that has held firm even when sentiment softened

The pendulum problem: When markets feel worse than they are

Advisors face no shortage of noise. Hazelview Investments' Michael Tsourounis outlines why today’s headwinds may be creating the next set of openings in Canadian real estate

The pendulum problem: When markets feel worse than they are

The future of your practice begins before you leave

Succession becomes transformative when advisors use it to reshape their business for the next generation rather than close the last chapter

The future of your practice begins before you leave

In Canada's secondary markets, one REIT is proving that value creation happens in the gaps

Pier 4's integrated approach to upgrading mid-sized buildings shows how disciplined execution can outperform market momentum

In Canada's secondary markets, one REIT is proving that value creation happens in the gaps

Healthcare's reset year: What Harvest is watching now

Harvest's Paul MacDonald sees healthcare's deep valuation discount and long-term fundamentals setting the stage for renewed opportunity

Healthcare's reset year: What Harvest is watching now

From seven logins to one: How integrated platforms boost advisor productivity

Why technology built by someone who knows the advisor's world matters

From seven logins to one: How integrated platforms boost advisor productivity

$2.5 billion in a year signals shift to covered call ETFs

Redefine your client engagement with the new Harvest ETFs

$2.5 billion in a year signals shift to covered call ETFs

Building a company people want to join

Pier 4's co-founder and HR chief on why deliberate hiring, employee ownership, and systems discipline matter as much as hitting $1 billion AUM

Building a company people want to join

When loyalty costs you control

Advisors thrive where culture and leadership protect independence, not limit it

When loyalty costs you control