TD
Waterhouse Retirement Tools
NEW
YORK, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- TD Waterhouse Group, Inc. has introduced
the TD Waterhouse Retirement Advisor, a free online service providing
comprehensive third party retirement planning tools and resources.
The
Retirement Advisor, which is accessible from the "Planning"
section of TD Waterhouse's website (http://www.tdwaterhouse.com),
breaks the planning process into three stages -- "Making A
Plan," "Decision Day," and "Living Retirement"
-- and offers customized content and interactive tools that address
the financial and non-financial issues facing current and future
retirees. The site is one of the first online services to offer
a comprehensive, "one-stop" source focusing on the emotional
and logistical issues associated with planning for and living through
retirement.
"With
recent market uncertainty it's now more critical than ever for future
retirees to begin planning early and current retirees to safeguard
their assets for a long and enjoyable retirement," said Elizabeth
Butler, First Vice President, Retirement Plans Marketing of TD Waterhouse.
"The TD Waterhouse Retirement Advisor underscores our commitment
to improving investors' ability to adequately prepare for retirement
and to maximize enjoyment of their retirement years."
The
three sections of the TD Waterhouse Retirement Advisor are:
"Making
A Plan" -- Interactive tools to help investors in the early
stage of retirement planning, including:
*
retirement planning basics;
* social security, net worth and savings calculators; and
* a "cost of waiting" estimator to determine costs incurred
by delaying the retirement savings process or the benefits associated
with saving early.
"Decision
Day" -- Comprehensive information for investors as they make
the transition to retirement, this section provides tools, including:
*
a retirement readiness test and checklist to help assess general
lifestyle and financial preparedness for retirement;
* a relocation scout; and
* estate tax, social security benefit and life and disability insurance
calculators.
"Living
Retirement" -- Tools and advice to help investors enjoy the
retirement they've worked hard to achieve, including:
*
managing retirement income;
* investigating prime areas for relocation and costs associated
with relocating;
* healthy living in retirement; and
* information on travel opportunities, hobbies, and volunteering.
To
provide calculators, content and other interactive planning tools
for the Retirement Advisor, TD Waterhouse has agreements with Universal
Pensions, Inc., a BISYS(R) Company, Financial Visions and Homestore.com,
Inc.
TD
Waterhouse Group, Inc. (NYSE: TWE; TSE) provides investors and financial
advisors with a broad range of brokerage, mutual fund, banking and
other consumer financial products on an integrated basis. Worldwide,
TD Waterhouse currently services 3.3 million active customer accounts
in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and
Hong Kong. The firm also has joint ventures in Japan, Luxembourg
and India to serve investors in those countries. TD Waterhouse can
be found on the Internet at http://www.tdwaterhouse.com and on America
Online at Keyword: TD Waterhouse. TD Waterhouse is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of TD Bank (NYSE: TD; TSE) and part of TD Bank Financial
Group. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices around the
world, TD Bank Financial Group offers a full range of financial
products and services to approximately 13 million customers worldwide.
