RRSP

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Economic Indicators

Poll: Young Canadians not focused on retirement

Young Canadians are shying away from RRSPs.

By John Powell |January 19, 2011

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Creating an RRSP exit strategy

As one of Canada’s best savings programs and biggest tax breaks, the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) should be wildly popular. However, Canadians are not taking full advantage of them. Year after year, over 90% of taxpayers eligible to make RRSP contributions fail to make the maximum contribution, leaving unused contribution room on the table.

By Michael Callahan |January 1, 2011

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B2B Trust signs deal with Sentry Investments

B2B Trust has signed an agreement with Sentry Investments for the distribution of investment and RRSP loans, with B2B Trust offering preferred rates to Canadian investors buying Sentry mutual funds.

By Staff |December 15, 2010

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Merry RSP season for Canadians

Despite the widespread adoption of the RRSP, one third of Canadians say they will not make a contribution to their plan this year, according to a survey commissioned by BMO Financial Group.

By Steven Lamb |December 10, 2010

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Tax savings for the retiree

Your client just finished his or her last day of work and tomorrow begins the new adventure of planning out the retirement years. He or she is now thinking about winter vacations, golf-course memberships, summer trips with grandchildren and possibly even a winter home down south.

By Mike George |November 1, 2010

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Funding Boomer retirements

Life goes by so fast. Believe it or not but the oldest of the Baby Boomers are set to turn 65 in 2011. This will trigger the beginning of a rising wave of retirements that will peak within the next two decades. This global trend towards retirement is even more significant in Canada where the […]

By Wilmot George |October 27, 2010

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Millions need help consolidating assets

This Advisor.ca Special Report is sponsored by: As a financial planner and actuary, William Jack has seen the future. Depending on how the boomers manage and spend what they’ve accumulated the picture ranges from grim to not bad. “One man told his children, ‘I plan to spend the last penny on the day I die […]

By Brenda Craig |September 14, 2010

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Planning and Advice

Group assets play vital role in planning

This Advisor.ca Special Report is sponsored by: A Group RRSP represents an item on your client’s balance sheet that can’t be ignored. Contributions, investments and performance of this account all play a part in your client’s overall financial plan, and ultimately in your relationship. Free money is a good thing For many, this salient point […]

By Kathleen Peace |September 14, 2010

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Target date funds not a cure-all

This Advisor.ca Special Report is sponsored by: Left to their own wits, employees often exercise the same acuity in investing as they do in boosting their favourite hockey team. The stakes are chump change in a hockey pool. With a retirement fund, however, they are the stakes of a lifetime. With a defined benefit pension […]

By Scot Blythe |September 14, 2010

4 min read

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Dealing with RRSP, RRIF losses

In Canada, when an individual dies, he or she is deemed to have sold their assets just before death – a sale that generally results in tax payable by the deceased’s estate. For non-registered assets such as personally held stocks, bonds, mutual funds and recreational real estate, the tax is generally based on the difference […]

By Wilmot George |June 24, 2010

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