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You’re almost ready for retirement, but you need to make some key financial moves before you get there. Here are four steps for winding down those last five years.                 Congratulations: You’re five short years away from retirement! For the last couple of decades you’ve been saving diligently, but now that you’re so close to the big day, does financial planning need to change? “In some ways it does,” says David Ablett, Investors Group Director OF Retirement Planning. Here are five steps for plotting a financially smart retirement that you can start in advance of your last work day. “Many of the financial decisions you make in the last five years before retirement will have far-reaching implications, quite literally, for the rest of your life,” he says. Here are some of the things you should do now to live the retirement you've been planning for. “Many of the financial decisions you make in the last five years before retirement will have far-reaching implication

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GICs secures a fixed rate of interest for a specific term, and both principal and maximum returns are guaranteed. Security and safety  - Investors Group GICs are backed by the financial strength of Investors Group Trust Co. Ltd. All non-Investors Group GICs are backed by the financial strength of their organizations. Competitive interest rates  - guaranteed for the full term of the investment Flexible investment terms  - ranging from 1 year to 5 years Choice  of interest payment frequencies Bonus rates  on certain dollar amount purchases Choose  from a selection of GIC companies CDIC protection  - opportunity to maximize CDIC coverage GICs issued by Investors Group Trust Co Ltd., and/or other non-affiliated GIC issuers. Regulatory disclosures regarding Investors Group Trust Co. Ltd. GIC rates – Investors Group Trust Co. Term In Months 12-23 24-35 36-47 48-59 60 Compound GICs RRSP and TFSA (Min. $500.00) 0.850 1.075 1.150 1.350 1.475 Non-Registered (

History 1926 First Canadian office established. 1930 Theodore O. Peterson starts his career in Regina. Becomes the company's first President in 1946. 1936 Harold Sinclair starts his career in Calgary. 64 years later becomes the longest-serving Consultant in Investors Group history. 1940 First Canadian product launched: Series One Installment Certificate. 1950 Investors Group launches first mutual fund in Canada. 1955 Investors Group introduces the concept of Dollar Cost Averaging. 1962 Investors Group launches first international mutual fund. 1966 Clarence E. Atchison becomes the second President of Investors Group. 1971 First offshore fund launched: Investors Japanese Growth Fund. Robert H. Jones becomes the third President of Investors Group. 1972 Investors Group develops the Personal Financial Review. 1981 Arthur V. Mauro becomes the fourth President of Investor