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“For Everything There is a Season”
August 25th, 2010The core of our practice has been using mathematical models to help people make financial decisions such as whether to take a commuted value or a deferred annuity when leaving a defined benefit pension plan or deciding whether to buy back eligible past service. We now find ourselves helping different groups of people facing major but predictable transitions in their lives. We help them sort out the both the financial and the lifestyle issues to enable them to make the most appropriate decisions in the circumstances.
Read more »The Gift of Education
August 21st, 2010As our older daughter is expecting a baby (our first grandchild!) in October, my wife and I have been thinking about an appropriate gift. After our suggestion of a year’s supply of diapers was turned down, it was agreed that we would open a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) in the baby’s name.
Read more »“Real Life” Stories about Downsizing
August 19th, 2010Downsizing is an important issue facing our clients, friends and indeed us, personally. In the case of my wife and me, we need to downsize from the house that we have lived in since 1984. I was therefore struck when I saw Gary May’s article “The Downsizer’s Dilemma” in the July 23rd edition of the Globe [...]
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