Canadian defined benefit pension solvency improved quarter-over-quarter, rising by 2.3 percentage points in the quarter to June 30 as the immediate selloff in equities following…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is to acquire French residential property management company Foncia. Caisse is part of a consortium of buyers…
Canada Post Corp. is sticking to its proposal to introduce a defined contribution pension plan for new workers as it issues a 72-hour lockout notice…
In a year that witnessed volatile markets and a plummeting Canadian dollar, 92 per cent of the plans on Benefits Canada’s top 100 pension funds…
Encana Corp. and Crestone Peak Resources, which is 95 per cent owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, have announced that Encana expects the…
Nearly three-quarters (71 per cent) of employers said they intend to focus on employees’ financial well-being in ways that expand beyond retirement decisions, according to…
Amendments to the Pension Benefits Standards Act take effect on July 1, including an update to the 10 per cent rule for investments and regulations…
British Columbia’s Teachers’ Pension Plan is decreasing its employer contributions from July 1 after its most recent valuation results showed the plan is in surplus.…
The solvency ratio of a typical Canadian pension plan has fallen by almost three per cent since the majority of Britain voted to leave the…
Pensioners of a New Brunswick co-operative have suffered a blow as legal wranglings continue over the fate of pensions at several Canadian companies. In Moncton,…
Manitoba has proposed a series of enhancements to the Canada Pension Plan agreement that it believes would make the CPP “more responsive to the realities…
Canada, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Saskatchewan have signed a multilateral agreement on pooled registered pension plans and voluntary retirement savings plans which came…
The Association of Canadian Pension Management has submitted a letter to the Canada Revenue Agency asking for help to locate missing pension plan members. Specifically,…
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…
Employer-sponsored retirement plans that offer matching contributions can help younger workers retire earlier and with more money, according to a new report by Mercer Canada.…
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…