1 开放式RESP投资户口(Self-derected RESP Account)
2 家庭助学信托基金 (Pooled Individual or Family Scholarship Trust Plan)
3 互助性助学信托基金 (Pooled Group Scholarship Trust Plan)
现在市场上最常见的是第3种: 互助性助学信托基金(Pooled Group Scholarship Trust Plan)
其主要产品有:
CST Optional plan USC Family Groupplan
Heritage Scholarship Trust plan
CET Group Option Plan
开放式 RESP 投资户口投资过程:
Any RESP – eligible securities. 任何加拿大证券。
投资者完全控制自己的投资
互助性助学信托基金和家庭助学信托基金投资过程:
经由信托公司(即我上面提到的 CST;USC;Heritage;。。。)投资到入息证券 (Fixed Income secutiries)市场上。
投资者完全放弃控制。
三类 RESP 特点比较:
互助性助学信托基金:
1 Childrens with same age.
2 Share eanings –
If ...goes on to eligible post-secondary education
3 Salespeople get large incentives
4 Advertised returns depend on attrition
5 If you drop, others benefit. -- Your eanings are forfeited.
家庭助学信托基金:
1 You decide the amount of the contribution
2 Flaxible beneficiaries
Pooled group plans can be risky - if you miss a payment, your account goes into default and you may lose yourplan membership. If you miss a payment and are allowed to stay in the plan, you will have to pay interst on the missed payment. You may not be reminded about missed payments, and the interst owing can grow over time to an amount that is difficult to repay.
... You share in the earnings of this pooled money if your child goes on to eligible post-secondary education. Scholarship plan salespeople get large incentives( 销售奖励)like vacations for selling a certain number of plan units. The advertised returns for pooled group plans depend on attrition. If you drop out of the plan, others benefit because your earnings are forfeited to the plan.