Michael Seguin - IG Wealth Management

06/01/2026

To celebrate IG's 100th anniversary, IG Advisors offered 100 of their top financial tips. Which ones could help you the most? Talk to u s to find out how these tips could help boost your financial plan.

06/01/2026

Peace hopes helped rally, while inflation pushed back. Read our commentary to get our insights on this week’s markets. https://ow.ly/pHqz50Z69oi

06/01/2026

Peace hopes helped rally, while inflation pushed back. Read our commentary to get our insights on this week’s markets. https://ow.ly/lnjG50Z5NVO

05/29/2026

Ashish explains why the market keeps climbing, even when almost everything else says it shouldn't. Listen now: https://ow.ly/Leg450Z5GMm Subscribe, rate and review now.

05/29/2026

Are you putting off estate planning because it feels like something for “later”?

According to Christine Van Cauwenberghe, Head of Financial Planning at IG Wealth Management, more than half of Canadians still don’t have an estate plan, even as we enter a historic wealth transfer.

Many believe they don’t have enough wealth to justify it, but estate planning is really about protecting your wishes and the people you care about. It’s easy to delay, but even a basic plan can reduce uncertainty and stress for your family later on. Read more: https://ow.ly/AUrG50Z5GLT

05/27/2026

Most optometrists know their practice inside and out.

What it generates. What it costs to run. What it would likely sell for.

What's less clear for a lot of practice owners is what life actually looks like on the other side of that sale.

How much of the proceeds are left after tax? Is there enough personal wealth outside the practice to feel genuinely secure? What happens if the timing of the exit isn't entirely their choice?

These aren't hypothetical questions. They become very real very quickly when the decision gets close.

The ones who felt most confident heading into that transition had usually been thinking about it for a long time. Not just growing the practice but building something outside it at the same time. Modelling what the exit would actually produce. Making sure the future didn't depend entirely on one transaction going exactly as hoped.

The practice built the foundation. The plan built the confidence.

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05/25/2026

Mixed earnings, lower oil supplies and a great chip deal. Read our commentary to get our insights on this week’s markets. https://ow.ly/sqLR50Z3r73

05/22/2026

Canada’s financial landscape is evolving, and so are Canadians’ priorities when it comes to their legacy. IG Wealth Management’s latest estate planning study reveals a clear gap between intention and action: 84% of Canadians say having an estate plan is important, yet fewer than half have one in place.

Even among those who do, important conversations are being missed. While 68% believe charitable giving should be included in an estate plan, only 40% have discussed how to incorporate it.

At IG, we’re focused on helping close these gaps by giving Canadians the guidance and strategies they need to protect their legacy, support the causes they care about and make their wishes clear.

Learn more: https://ow.ly/lSEv30sVY7W

05/20/2026

Most people think about tax once a year when they have to.

But the biggest tax bills most people face aren't built in a single year. They're built quietly over decades through decisions that seemed completely fine at the time.

How savings were structured. How income was taken out of a corporation. Which accounts were drawn down first in retirement. What the estate looked like when it was finally settled.

Each decision on its own looks reasonable. Together they can add up to something that feels pretty painful when the full picture finally comes into view.

I've sat with people who were genuinely surprised by the tax implications of their own financial lives. Not because they were careless. Because they were focused on building, not on what the endgame would actually cost.

The people who end up keeping the most of what they worked for didn't always earn the most. They just thought further ahead about what each decision would eventually mean.

That's a very different kind of planning than most people are used to.

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05/19/2026

Summits, sticky inflation and power plays. Read our commentary to get our insights on this week’s markets. https://ow.ly/6GfT30sVOrK