Flash Retirement

Find a wealth of information on financial planning for retirement.

Evaluating your financial needs for after you retire

• Retirement: Planning for Peace of Mind
• Drawing Up a Budget: The Key to Control
• The Challenges of Retirement
• Plan Your Retirement Early

Determining your situation

• Public Retirement Plans: A Guaranteed Basic Income
• How Much Will You Receive from Public Programs in Retirement?
• Private Pension Plans
• Private Pension Plans: What are you entitled to?
• Increase Your Pension by Buying Back Periods of Service
• Consider Your Retirement Allowance Carefully!
• Everything You Need to Know About RRSPs
• Stay on Top of Your Investments!
• Your Home and Retirement Planning
• Are Building Expenses Deductible?
• How to Up Your Retirement Income

Determining the amount of income you will need at retirement

• Simulating Your Retirement: An Essential Step!
• Set Your Savings Objectives!
• Your Life Is Changing? So Should Your Savings Strategy!

Take action: Save!

• Savings Products: Know the Basics to Make the Right Choice!
• Returns and Risks of Different Investments
• What's Your Investor Profile?
• Be an Informed Investor!
• Retirement Savings and Income Vehicles: Make an Informed Choice!
• Which Should You Cash in First When You Retire?
• Choose the Best Consultant for You
• Professional Fees, a Fixed Salary, or Commission?
• Diversifying Your RRSP Portfolio
• The Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA): An Alternative to the RRSP 
• The Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Autorité des marchés financiers
• Pension Benefits and Other Savings: What's "Seizable" and What's Not!
• A Custom Savings Plan That Pays!
• Splitting Income to Save on Taxes
• Taxes & Retirement Savings: It's Simpler than It Looks!
• Banks and Credit Unions: A Whole Array of Products
• Life Insurance: Keeping Pace with Your Needs
• The ABCs of Trust Funds
• Securities Brokerage Firms
• Is Phased Retirement Right for You?
• Save for Retirement or Clear Your Debt?
• Leveraged Loans: A Bold Strategy

Retiring

• From Work to Retirement, as Simply and Easily as Possible
• Using Your Money Wisely During Retirement
• Draw Your Defined Benefit a Pension or Transfer its Value?
• Reverse Mortgage: Think It Through!
• Life as a Couple: Using the Tax System to Your Advantage
• Separation, Divorce... and Public & Private Pension Plans
• Blended Families: Retirement Finances, Taxes, Estates, and Planning
• Retirement: When and How?
• There's a Big "Baby Boomerang" on the Way!

Some of life's events and your financial security

• How Private Pensions Plans Work... When You Don't
• Retirement Plans and Disability
• What Do Retirement Plans Provide When a Contributor Dies?