Is climate change putting the real estate component of financial plans at risk?

The Globe and Mail
January 2, 2025.

Andrew Feindel discusses how climate change is threatening real estate – the largest component of many Canadians’ nest eggs.

“We’re starting to bring this [issue] up in conversations because it’s our job as financial planners to show people the facts,” he says. “We can be proactive. We can model this in the plan.”

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