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For over 100 years, Scotiatrust® has helped Canadians preserve and transfer their wealth. Together with your team of specialists, we work to understand your achievements and help you connect them, so your wealth makes the meaningful impact you want. We also help you make important decisions sooner and ensure they’re followed when you’re unable to do so yourself. We are a team of highly experienced, hands-on professionals and we view it as our responsibility to ensure our clients have addressed all relevant issues and that their wishes are followed throughout and beyond their lifetime, helping them to live well and leave well.

Is Santa thinking about Estate Planning?

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This blog was written by Hardeep Nandra As we are getting closer and closer to Christmas Eve, Santa is getting ready to deliver the presents. He is ironing his red suit, polishing his boots, and grooming his luscious beard to make a fancy entrance. Time around Christmas brings joy and delight to everyone around the world, but it also brings a huge amount of stress on Santa, to deliver all the….

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The best laid plans…

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This blog was written by Veronique Thomas-Ewen, Associate Estate and Trust Consultant with Scotia Wealth Management In a carefully planned will, the testator names the spouse as the executor, leaves the family residence and residue to that spouse, but directs the family cottage be held in trust. The spouse has the use and enjoyment of the property and on the spouse’s passing the cottage is to be transferred to the….

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Cottage, Estate Administration, Estate Planning

Fiduciary Investing Series – Fun, fun, funds

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This blog has been written by Robert Boyd, Director, Scotiatrust. Mutual Funds, Hedge Funds and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are all well known to the general public and reasonably well understood investment vehicles, however there is a trust specific fund that has fallen out of favour in recent years, somewhat unduly in my view. Common Trust Funds (CTFs) are a type of pooled fund that can be created under trust….

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Estate Administration, Investments, Trusts

Fiduciary Investing Series – How to avoid compounding liability in trust accounts

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This blog has been written by Robert Boyd, Director, Scotiatrust. The blog is the first in a series focusing on Fiduciary Investing that will cover a range of practical topics. When one approaches the topic of fiduciary record keeping, there is room for forgiveness for those who tune out (or nod off). It’s not a topic that gets people excited, although the litigation that can occur from incorrect management of….

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Estate Administration, Estate Litigation, Executors, Liability

Staying at home longer? Self/Family Managed Care may be an option

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This blog was written by Suzanne Singh Census numbers from 2016 revealed that seniors in Canada were outnumbering children for the first time in the survey’s history (StatCan 2016 census). It follows that with the tax base getting smaller and demand for health care services increasing, we can expect challenges. Will our aging population find sufficient facilities and resources to house and care for them? Are the waiting lists for….

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Geriatric Care Management, Healthcare

Alberta’s Supported Decision-Making Authorizations

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This blog was written by Isabelle Cadotte – Estate and Trust Consultant with Scotia Wealth Management We’re all familiar with Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney and Personal Directives but have you heard of Supported Decision-Making Authorizations (SDMAs)? SDMAs are available in Alberta for adult individuals who have mental capacity but may require assistance from a friend or family member when interacting with health care professionals. It can be particularly useful….

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Contracts, Disability, Elder Care, Healthcare, Uncategorized
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