Are Canadians aiming too low for retirement, or too high?

Eighty-seven percent of Canadians polled could not answer three basic financial risk questions correctly.

A recent Ontario case reminds plan sponsors of their duty to invest pension assets by establishing an effective process for selecting and monitoring investments.

The market turmoil over the last year and a half has created significant interest in the sufficiency of retirement plans—specifically, in the defined contribution (DC) sphere. One of the primary issues identified with DC plans is longevity risk. And the primary question in the context of longevity risk is whether current products do enough to balance capital protection with growth.

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