Lea Koiv and Alexandra Macqueen

Decorative pattern

Your client wants to leave her defined benefit pension. How can she turn it into cash?

A tale of two cousins

By Lea Koiv and Alexandra Macqueen |September 20, 2019

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Decorative pattern

CRA releases draft newsletter for registered pension plan annuity contracts

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By Lea Koiv and Alexandra Macqueen |December 6, 2018

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Should your client consider a copycat annuity?

Should your client consider a copycat annuity?

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By Lea Koiv and Alexandra Macqueen |October 15, 2018

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