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Last week, Guardian Capital LP introduced two innovative funds \u2013 the GuardPath Managed Decumulation 2042 Fund and the GuardPath Modern Tontine 2042 Trust. Their goal: to address a big challenge for Canadians at or nearing retirement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’re trying to reframe the discussion around retirement solutions and retirement planning,\u201d Barry Gordon, Managing Director and Head of Canadian Retail Asset Management at Guardian Capital (pictured above, left), told Wealth Professional.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of the time, investors tend to get caught up in short-term performance. They fixate on the worst-performing line item on their statement every month, and ask \u2018can I actually achieve the rates of return I need to continue withdrawing money from my portfolio?\u2019\u201d he says. \u201cWith these solutions, we want to help them focus on long-term horizons and become more outcome-oriented, where they have a plan and can ask themselves if they\u2019re on or off track.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the managed decumulation fund and the tontine trust are ground-breaking solutions, Gordon stresses that they are meant to complement other income products in a portfolio. Like all mutual funds, they are governed by National Instrument 81-102, and their underlying strategies are generally well-recognized, tried-and-true approaches.<\/p>\n
The decumulation fund is designed to last for 20 years; it aims to provide a steady stream of monthly distributions, with the express purpose of drawing down to zero at the end of its lifetime. That\u2019s intended to help Canadians overcome one of the biggest reasons why individuals don\u2019t live their retirement to the fullest.<\/p>\n
\u201cBehavioural research shows that when someone has a large sum of wealth, they tend to be fearful of spending it. But if they get that wealth in little pieces over time, they\u2019re more likely to spend it,\u201d says Professor Moshe Milevsky, PhD (above, right), who collaborated with Guardian Capital in developing the GuardPath funds. \u201cIt was not just about converting their mindset, but also making it easier for them not to fall prey to these behavioural obstacles.\u201d<\/p>\n
The tontine fund, meanwhile, is purpose-built for another related challenge of retirement: how can retirees be assured that they won\u2019t outlive their investment portfolio?<\/p>\n
To solve that problem, Guardian Capital found inspiration from tontines of the 16th century, which were essentially a macabre bet: a group of individuals would each contribute to a pot of money, which would ultimately go to the last one alive among the group.<\/p>\n
Guardian Capital\u2019s tontine trust operates on a similar principle through mortality credits, but is only designed to last for 20 years. The remaining assets in the fund at the end of that time will be distributed among its remaining investors.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen somebody either redeems or passes away before that 20-year period elapses, our Modern Tontine Trust actually retains a portion of the assets on redemption or death, so the remaining unitholders continue to benefit from them,\u201d Gordon explains. \u201cThis is how we’ve modernized it and been able to create a framework under securities law that creates an investment solution that is available broadly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Guardian Capital has also unveiled a third option, the Hybrid Tontine Series, which combines the steady cash flow of the managed decumulation fund and the significant payout of the tontine fund in one structure.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got to do things differently when you reach your retirement years. If you\u2019ve invested successfully in the past, and you\u2019re happy with how you\u2019ve built up your nest egg, you\u2019re not likely to want to change things,\u201d Milevsky says. \u201cBut that\u2019s an accumulation story. Once you get to decumulation, you simply can’t continue doing what you were doing before \u2026 it’s time to change your thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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