Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Marguerita is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor ...

The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is one of your most valuable retirement assets, but claiming it at 60 can have lasting consequences. Many Canadians take CPP early without realizing the permanent ...

The federal government’s decision to double the Canada Pension Plan’s death benefit for a small group of contributors has put a spotlight on the adequacy of the amount itself. The standard benefit is ...

The Fund, which consists of the base CPP and additional CPP accounts, generated a net return of 9.3% for the fiscal year. Since the CPP is designed to serve multiple generations of beneficiaries, ...