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A Behind the Scenes Look at Mortgage Investment Corporations
How MICs Source and Adjudicate Loans and What Happens When There Is a Default Mortgage Investment Corporations, or MICs, represent one of the fastest-growing alternative assets in Canada. As more investors turn to MICs, understanding the lending and adjudication processes becomes increasingly important. This understanding can help investors gauge the risk management and due diligence…
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This Tax Season Consider a MIC for your TFSA and RRSP
How MICs Fit in TFSA and RRSPs As an investor, you can hold shares of a Mortgage Investment Corporation (MIC) in your registered account—be it TFSA, RRSP, RRIF, or RESP. As a shareholder, you are entitled to dividend payouts from the fund. Due to their corporate structure, MICs do not pay income tax and are…
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How Mortgage Investment Corporations Work
Canada’s evolving economic and financial landscape has made Mortgage Investment Corporations, or MICs, more important than ever. MICs operate as pools of capital that invest in private mortgages on behalf of investors. Despite being one of the fastest-growing alternative asset classes in Canada, MICs are not well understood – and are sometimes mistaken for direct…
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Assessing the Lending Climate During COVID
Real estate has been one of the biggest catalysts of Canada’s economic recovery from COVID-19. Strong pent-up demand, favourable interest rates and a rush to the suburbs have kept home sales and real estate values trekking upward for much of the latter half of 2020. For lenders, however, the pandemic has created a new and…
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How Can Investors Position Themselves to Navigate the Enduring Effects of COVID-19?
With a record-breaking rise in COVID-19 cases, growing uncertainty around new restrictions, lockdowns, and economic setbacks has left many Canadian investors wondering how to navigate their way through the enduring effects of the pandemic. As of October 17, Canada had 196,321 confirmed or presumptive coronavirus cases. Meanwhile, south of the border, the US not only…
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What Are Mortgage Investment Corporations (MICs)?
The Covid-19 pandemic caught the entire world by surprise. In most major economies like Canada, a synchronized response from all levels of government saw the central bank slash interest rates to record lows. These actions provide much needed support for the financial system and economy during these unprecedented times. With the economy on life support,…
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Preparing for Retirement: Investing During and In Preparation for Retirement
Investing for retirement is a topic that comes up frequently in any discussion about financial planning. After years of working and saving, people want to feel secure that they will have enough money to live comfortably in their retirement years. In fact, preparing for retirement is one of the main reasons people invest in the…
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