The Surroundup – Surround Wealth Advisors

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TAX TIME! LET’S GO!

It’s that time of year again! You got it… tax time! First things first… The RSP deadline is March 3, 2025 – that is the last day to make eligible contributions for the 2024 tax year. If you constantly struggle to get your RSP maxed out each year… consider moving contributions to a monthly...

February 26, 2025

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TEMPER YOUR EXPECTATIONS

Let me start by wishing you all a very Happy 2025! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season with an opportunity to relax, unplug, and spend time with friends and family. As I write this, my birthday was a couple of days ago, so I thought I’d start by sharing a few candid photos of...

January 30, 2025

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BEING KIND COMES BACK TO YOU

Watch this month’s Surroundup video to learn more about who we are talking about this holiday season. Once again, this year Surround plans to honour the work we are privileged to do with and for our clients with a significant contribution to The Surround Foundation – a charitable donor advised fund we run through one...

December 19, 2024

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B-SIDE: ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS ANOTHER AWESOME YEAR WITH SURROUND

Here it is once again, our Christmas Wish List! A list of some of the things we are very excited to talk to you about in our communications and meetings with you in the New Year. Stay tuned for more on this as we roll out the 2025 Surround Wealth Client Experience for you. Creating...

December 19, 2024

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YEAR-END PLANNING – TAX & LEGAL

CHECKING ITEMS OFF YOUR LIST! It’s that time of year when we are all busy checking those important holiday lists before the rush starts. Another important list to check-off comes during the holiday season which isn’t typically as much fun to plan around, but it can impact you and your family if not handled...

November 26, 2024

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B-SIDE: UPDATE ON OUR PARENT COMPANY CI FINANCIAL

I am writing with an exciting development about our parent company, CI Financial. The firm has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Mubadala Capital to take CI private. As a globally recognized, sovereign-backed investor, Mubadala Capital invests with a strategic, long-term outlook, bringing stability and certainty to support the continued development...

November 26, 2024

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WHEN SHOULD YOU START TAKING CPP?

IS THERE AN OPTIMAL AGE TO TAKE THE CANADA PENSION PLAN? For many, the answer is yes: the optimal age is to delay CPP to age 70. Before we get into the reasons why, let me say that this isn’t one-size-fits-all. Everyone’s circumstances are different. So if you’ve already started taking CPP and you...

October 30, 2024

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B-SIDE: RE-INTRODUCING ASSANTE’S WEALTH MATTERS WEBCASTS

Also in response to the diverse interests that were expressed in The Client Survey, we are happy to reintroduce you to Wealth Matters Webcasts, which take place quarterly and offer cutting edge content from a wide variety of experts in both financial and non-financial fields. Earlier this summer, Dr. Greg Wells hosted the Wealth Matters...

September 19, 2024

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GOOD STRESS. BAD STRESS.

In late August, I had the honour of working as a Judge at the 2024 Masters CrossFit Games in (you are reading this right!) Birmingham, Alabama. If you go look it up on YouTube, scan the judges for a strawberry blond with a white knee sleeve and yup, that’s me. Certainly, one city in the...

September 19, 2024

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BARE TRUSTS – RULE CHANGES FROM 2023 AND WHAT’S AHEAD FOR 2024

You may recall in our prior writing from February of this year we had detailed the changes for Trust reporting rules starting for the 2023 filing year which came with the inclusion for new reporting Trusts. Those new rules came with many questions for investors which included the issue for “bare trusts” which are an...

August 28, 2024

What We Think

TAX TIME! LET’S GO!

TEMPER YOUR EXPECTATIONS

BEING KIND COMES BACK TO YOU

B-SIDE: ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS ANOTHER AWESOME YEAR WITH SURROUND

YEAR-END PLANNING – TAX & LEGAL

B-SIDE: UPDATE ON OUR PARENT COMPANY CI FINANCIAL

WHEN SHOULD YOU START TAKING CPP?

B-SIDE: RE-INTRODUCING ASSANTE’S WEALTH MATTERS WEBCASTS

GOOD STRESS. BAD STRESS.

BARE TRUSTS – RULE CHANGES FROM 2023 AND WHAT’S AHEAD FOR 2024