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On January 16, 2013 we posted a blog called Global RESP Rocked by Scandal. In it we reported “Global RESP Corporation, one of the largest Canadian Registered Education Savings Plan providers with 110,000 enrolled children and $460 Million of assets under administration,

If you’re like many Canadian families, the realities of retirement may be causing a full scale panic, especially if you have university age children. A Leger Marketing survey discovered that:

Not everyone who applies for life insurance is accepted for coverage. Life insurance companies are not charitable organizations and they will only accept you for coverage if you are deemed a suitable insurance risk which means that the likelihood and magnitude of a payout over the life of the policy is acceptable […]

Life insurance is a very versatile product, but we don’t often think about it as a necessary element in the portfolios of the rich and famous. A Silicon Valley billionaire has recently taken out $201 million in life insurance. The Guinness World Records, which announced the policy, said it is the largest […]

Student debt is a serious issue in this country. There is a total disconnect between the student loan system and the student. Students don’t think about the consequences of borrowing money. They only know that a student loan (if they qualify) will pay for their education.

Are your kids paying rent, paying off student loans and saving for a house? That’s an impossible triad in most cities in Canada where home prices have soared 84% in 10 years. Home prices in Canada hit record highs in late 2013, according to the Teranet-National Bank house price index.