Divorce, death of family members, serious health issues and aging parents are tough family situations you need to be prepared to discuss with clients.
The breakdown of a marriage is hard on clients in many ways: emotionally, physically and financially. The only easy thing about it is getting the court to sanction the dissolution.
"All you need is love" is probably not what Beatle Paul McCartney hummed after his $50-million divorce from Heather Mills in 2008. In hindsight, he also needed a prenuptial agreement.
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled a Manitoba man does not have to pay his ex-wife an equalization payment on their marital home because he filed for bankruptcy. The Court acknowledged the unfairness of the ruling in Schreyer v. Schreyer, which occurred due to the cross-purposes of bankruptcy and family law. Since an equalization […]
Matrimonial meltdowns are like failed business ventures where everyone wants to cut their losses. A three-day, in-class training course aims to equip financial advisors to help their clients do just that, as the Academy of Financial Divorce Specialists teams up with two other organizations. Qualified financial professionals attending either the Canadian Institute of Financial Planners […]
According to a report by Statistics Canada in 2008, just over one-third of all marriages in Canada ended in divorce, with 71,269 finalized in 2005 alone.
Desjardins Group, a national winner in Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures of 2010 Program. Winners were chosen by the program's board of governors, established in 2005 by Waterstone Human Capital.
Few things are more disturbing than listening to a discourse on divorce
With provinces warming to the idea of enhancement to Canada Pension Plan (CPP) benefits, it looks as if legislators will soon be able to get to work on the details. “The careers are getting shorter, and the retirements are getting longer,” Laurier Guimond, senior program officer, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, told the CIFPS […]
Previous Brieflies this week: | TUE | WED | THU | An IIROC hearing panel has imposed a fine of $36,500 against James Jannetta and has required him to pay costs of $15,000 for numerous breaches of IIROC’s business conduct. The panel found that Jannetta failed to record or update client investment objectives and risk […]