Estate planning | Investment Executive Canada's news source for financial professionals Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:21:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://old.investmentexecutive.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/cropped-favicon-1-32x32.png Estate planning | Investment Executive 32 32 Executors can be personally liable for legal costs https://old.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/executors-can-be-personally-liable-for-legal-costs/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:21:23 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=536403 Courts have discretion to award costs against a person acting for estate

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]]> Court chooses between pair of unfinished wills https://old.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/court-chooses-between-pair-of-unfinished-wills/ Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:30:01 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=535346 Draft of physical will favoured over incomplete digital edition

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]]> Beneficiary designations in estate planning https://old.investmentexecutive.com/news/beneficiary-designations-in-estate-planning/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:15:00 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=533151 Seg funds can function as quasi-trusts

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]]> Trustee free to decide annuity calculation: court https://old.investmentexecutive.com/news/trustee-free-to-decide-annuity-calculation-court/ Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:34:38 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=532374 Use of core CPI instead of headline rate reasonable, court finds

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]]> Death before distribution, B.C. court rules https://old.investmentexecutive.com/news/from-the-regulators/death-before-distribution-b-c-court-rules/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 21:07:07 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=529935 Appeal court overturns lower court, rules death triggers vesting of will

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]]> Personal tax items to consider for clients in 2026 https://old.investmentexecutive.com/news/industry-news/personal-tax-items-to-consider-for-clients-in-2026/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:00:39 +0000 https://www.investmentexecutive.com/?p=528983 From perennial opportunities to new developments, here are tax highlights for the new year

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