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Guaranteed Investment Accounts in CAPs: Pooled or Individual?

A resurgence of demand for investment options featuring guarantees is arising from the recent wreckage of the retirement portfolios of members of capital accumulation plans. Plan sponsors are re-establishing guaranteed investment accounts (GIAs), the insurance industry cousins to guaranteed investment certificates (GICs) offered in the retail banking sector, and they are re-examining default investment options […]

  • April 9, 2009 September 13, 2019
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Moratorium on withdrawals highlights need for deeper due diligence

As various media have reported in the past weeks, liquidity is at the core of the worldwide financial crisis. The crisis was initially rooted in irresponsible lending practices, particularly in the U.S. residential mortgage market, and triggered when financial institutions stopped providing credit on a worldwide basis both among themselves and to businesses and consumers. […]

  • January 8, 2009 September 13, 2019
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The after math

Among the major decisions we must make in our lifetimes, those concerning retirement are among the most difficult. Retirement represents one of the most significant life-altering events faced by individuals and couples. It is also a decision that many people are ill-prepared to make. One important key to a person’s well-being in retirement is the […]

  • November 27, 2006 September 13, 2019
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Rethinking retirement

© Copyright 2006 Rogers Publishing Ltd. The following article first appeared in the February 2005 edition of BENEFITS CANADA magazine.   In this new era of pension funding crises and labour shortages, employers need to examine long-held notions about retirement. The result could be much-needed changes to both pensions and healthcare programs.   Monsanto. Stelco. Transamerica. […]

  • February 1, 2005 September 13, 2019
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