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Estate Planning
Draft rules are intended to help administrators match beneficiaries with unclaimed pension benefits
By Rudy Mezzetta |June 27, 2023
2 min read
Life
Avoid bloopers when designating a charity as policy beneficiary
By Kevin Wark |June 2, 2023
5 min read
Advisor's Edge
Some beneficiaries are entitled to interest on their inheritance starting one year after death
By Rudy Mezzetta |May 9, 2022
3 min read
What executors need to know when a beneficiary can’t be easily identified or found
By Rudy Mezzetta |March 14, 2022
Planning and Advice
At FP Canada's ethics session, financial planners were urged to proactively address client changes
By Michelle Schriver |November 26, 2021
Stakeholders want it to be clear that beneficiary designations indicate the deceased's wishes
By Rudy Mezzetta |July 13, 2021
4 min read
The absence of withholding taxes can create unexpected consequences if no planning is done
By Wilmot George |March 19, 2021
Clients considering the strategy must take extra care
By Rudy Mezzetta |March 12, 2021
Regularly providing information to beneficiaries — and keeping records — will go a long way
By Rudy Mezzetta |February 5, 2021
Trustees must balance the interests of income and capital beneficiaries amid economic uncertainty
By Rudy Mezzetta |October 30, 2020
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