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Understanding divorce and retirement savings
– investitwisely.com
Divorce can be a distressing, life-altering event that has a wide range of social and financial implications. The correct investment management of retirement savings can be crucial for a comfortable retirement. The question is, ‘what exactly are spouses entitled to?’ There are three matrimonial property regimes:
Marriage in community of property,
Marriage out of community of property without accrual, and
Marriage out of community of property with accrual.
Depending on which one you’ve agreed upon, there may be a sharing of assets you own individually or jointly when you get divorced. If you have a retirement annuity, you typically know that there are applicable restrictions such as only being able to access the money once you reach 55 years of age. However, according to the Pension Funds Act (PFA), there can be certain situations when a deduction may be made from a pension benefit. One such exception is typically known as a “pension interest” deduction.
What happens to your retirement savings may be a pertinent issue for many divorced couples…
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The best RRSP investments 2021
– moneysense.ca
You can open an RRSP and contribute income up until the year you turn 71, at which point it has to become a registered retirement income fund (RRIF) and you begin to withdraw the money as taxable income.
The best RRSP accounts in Canada for 2021
Best RRSP savings account: EQ Bank RSP Savings Account* (2.30%)
Best robo-advisors: Questealth Portfolio and Wealthsimple Invest
Best brokerage account for passive investing: Wealthsimple Trade
Best brokerage account for active traders: Questrade
Best brokerage account for mutual funds: Qtrade
Best RRSP savings account
EQ Bank RSP Savings Account*
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