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February 25, 2013 at 08:51 AM
Nearly three in four Canadians hold mutual funds within registered retirement savings plans, new research shows.
BMO Financial Group, Toronto, discloses this finding in a summary of results from an online survey of 1,000 Canadians. The poll was conducted by Toronto-based Pollara.
The survey shows that mutual funds remain the investment choice for 72 percent of Canadians with Registered Retirement Savings Plans. Mutual funds account for almost a third (31 per cent) of all holdings held in RRSPs.
The Canadian equivalent of individual retirement accounts in the U.S., RRSPs permit tax-deductible contributions and taxable distributions; contributions are tax-deferred until retirement. The plans may invest in securities and fixed income vehicles.
In addition to mutual funds, the study reveals that Canadians are building their RRSPs with Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GICs) (21 per cent), cash (20 per cent), stocks (11 per cent), bonds (nine per cent) and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) (four per cent).
The study adds that Canadians invest in mutual funds for several reasons, including:
When asked about what type of mutual fund in which they would like to invest (whether inside or out of an RRSP), 81 per cent say they favor income-generating funds. Canadians’ second choice is mutual funds that gradually become more conservative as the investor approaches his/her life goals (76 per cent).
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