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Fee-only pioneer marvels at growth of business model 20 years on
Rona Birenbaum remembers vividly what it was like starting her own fee-only financial planning firm in Toronto two decades ago as a young mother in her 20s. At the time, Caring for Clients was one of only a handful of its kind in Canada.
Tax Time: Should You Take Out a Loan to Contribute to Your RRSPs?
There’s just one week left to make a contribution to your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) for 2019, with March 2nd being the deadline for doing so.
Should you withdraw extra $ from your RRIF to fund your TFSA?
Scroll to the bottom of Global News Money 123 to find out.
How to tap your home’s value during retirement
Property values have risen steadily across Canada in recent decades, giving retirees who own their homes some extra financial cushion for their golden years.
Women-centric financial advisory teams offer investors a unique perspective
An all-female team may offer investors a different, perhaps more relatable, approach to financial advice.
What’s a TFSA for? It can help your kids be student-debt free
The beauty of tax-free savings accounts is their simplicity. You put money in, watch it grow tax-free and take it out whenever you want, also tax-free. That’s it.
What is advice-only financial planning?
All investors can benefit from financial advice. Quite simply there is ‘stuff’ that we don’t know. And you don’t know what you don’t know. But there are professionals who do know. There are various types and levels of advice. In this post we will top line what is advice-only financial planning? It can also be referred to as pay-for-service advice.
Could cross-border partnerships be the key to serving ex-pat clients?
Whether an advisor develops an ongoing collaborative relationship with an advisor in another country or works on an ad-hoc basis with various experts outside Canada, it’s critical to choose international partners with care.
As Emily approaches retirement, how soon should she draw on her RRSP?
Emily, 66, will work full-time until the spring, then continue part-time until mid-2021, at which point she would retire fully. When should she draw on government benefits, what should she use to pay off the remainder of her mortgage and when should she sell her home?
Health-care costs need to be top of mind during retirement planning
Planning financially for retirement requires taking many uncertainties into consideration. One of the greatest is the cost of health care. Although some health-care costs are covered in Canada, there are many – ranging from medications and massages to nursing homes or at-home care – that need to be paid out of pocket.