The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday, Jan. 16, edition that National Bank Financial analyst Gabriel Dechaine believes Canadian life insurance companies are entering 2025 with positive momentum, having outperformed the market for the third consecutive year, also surpassing the Big Six banks in performance. The Globe's David Leeder writes in the Eye On Equities column that Mr. Dechaine says in a note: "Lifecos outperformed the Big Six banks for an unprecedented third year in a row in 2024. Although there are several reasons to be bullish on lifecos, we believe this period of relative outperformance will fade in 2025. We believe bank stocks should benefit from an economy more supportive of loan growth and capital markets activity, leading to positive EPS revisions. ... However, that statement does not mean that we are negatively skewed toward the lifecos as we believe there are several tailwinds for the stocks." Mr. Dechaine continues to rate iA Financial "sector perform." He gave his share target a $12 boost to $133. Analysts on average target the shares at $137.13. The Globe reported on Feb. 22 and Aug. 1 that Mr. Dechaine kept iA Financial at "outperform." It was then worth $85.46 and $93.36.