British Columbia’s defined benefit pension plans continue to face funding challenges as solvency deficits mount, according to a report released last week by the Financial…
Was the government’s decision to restore eligibility for old-age security to age 65 the correct choice? Tabled in March, the federal budget cancelled provisions in…
Cancelling the increase in the age of eligibility for old-age security benefits would raise total program expenditures by $10.4 billion by 2030, according to a…
Even Wall Street workers are unhappy with how their retirement plans are run. A participant in Morgan Stanley’s 401k plan filed a lawsuit Friday in…
An NDP private member’s bill that proposes raising the retirement benefit payments made to the families of deceased Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board has lost its appeal of a decision ordering it to pay more than $1 million to a former senior investment employee. The…
The Financial Institutions Commission of British Columbia has appointed Michael Peters as acting superintendent of pensions as part of an interim leadership team. The regulatory…
New workers who are members of the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association (CPAA) will be joining a defined contribution pension plan after a labour arbitrator ruled…
What do you get when you look to transfer 9,000 members, with more than $1.3 billion in assets, from one defined contribution pension plan to…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec generated a two per cent return in the first half of the year ended June 30, 2016, its…
Despite continuing economic uncertainty, Canadian defined benefit pension plans showed returns of 2.9 per cent in the second quarter of 2016 compared to first quarter…
La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is to invest an additional $125 million in the form of preferred equity in its McInnis Cement plant…
While Canada Post Corp. has withdrawn the lockout threat it issued in early July to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, the two sides remain…
A story on how Organon Canada is supporting women employees at every stage of their career was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com. Here are the top…
In its 2024 budget on Tuesday, the federal government announced a new working group dedicated to encouraging increased domestic investments by Canadian institutional investors. Former…
Simply put, a glide path is a calculation designed to support an employee’s desired retirement timeline through investments in a target-date fund. When an employee…
In its 2024-25 annual plan, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario is focusing on assessing and mitigating systemic and high-priority risks in the province’s…
A renewed call for increased domestic investments by Canadian pension plans isn’t surprising amid an ongoing discussion around the role of investment organizations in supporting the…
In its 2024 budget on Tuesday, the Ontario government reiterated its support for a provincial infrastructure bank to leverage public sector pension investments. The bank,…
Clear and flexible regulations that reflect the nature and diversity of target-benefit plans would allow these plans to thrive, according to a new report from…
The Ontario Pension Board is working closely with employers to receive updated salary information from public sector workers that may have been impacted by the…
The University Pension Plan is launching a new web portal to prioritize plan member engagement throughout the year. “Transparency is an important value to our…
As Ontario prepares to introduce pay transparency legislation, it’s important for employers to consider how much information they want to share in job postings, says…
Desjardins Insurance is marking Financial Literacy Month with a series of budgeting workshops for employees and an interactive game to help improve financial literacy. The…
Many plan members are experiencing risk factors related to poor mental, physical and financial well-being, but often don’t know they can turn to their benefits…