Self-service financial information on financial security at retirement

Flash Retirement Québec: over 50 information capsules to...

• better inform you on your current and future financial needs
• help you identify the sources of income available to you at retirement
• provide information about the various savings and disbursement products
• identify winning financial strategies

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• Retirement and planning - About the authors

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 base income
• How much will you receive from the public programs at retirement?
• Private Pension Plans
• Private Pension Plans: What are you entitled to?
• Increase Your Pension by Buying Back Periods of Service
• Consider it 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!
• Yields 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 Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation and Régie de l'assurance-dépôts du Québec
• 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 a Pension or Transfer its Value?
• Reverse Mortgage: Think it Through!
• Using the Tax System to the Couple's Advantage
• Separation, Divorce, Breakup... and Public & Private Pension Plans
• Blended Families: Finances, Taxes, the Estate, 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 upon the death of a contributor?