This year was an interesting one for the pension industry. It seemed as though Canada Pension Plan (CPP) expansion was going to happen, but it didn’t in the end.
As we look back at the news over the past year, here are the five stories published on BenefitsCanada.com that you found were the most interesting in 2013.
Top 100 Pension Funds Report: Bouncing back
The past few years for the pension industry have been difficult, to put it mildly. But for the top 100 pension plans, things are starting to look up.
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Top 100 Pension Funds Report: A retrospective
Pension plans have had a trying time over the last few years. Stocks have taken investors for a ride, and a low interest rate environment is the new normal.
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The hidden DB in DC plans
The greatest attraction of a DB pension plan is the appearance of certainty in the levels of retirement income it promises to its members, which contrasts with the uncertainty of retirement income levels that a DC pension plan can provide to its members. Readers may be interested to discover, though, that their DC pension plan may have a minimum level of DB hidden within it.
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Why CPP expansion is inevitable
There has been some forward movement on pooled registered pension plans, but it’s at a snail’s pace. So I am now going to publicly flip-flop and add my voice to calls for CPP expansion, which I now believe to be inevitable.
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Debunking public sector DB pension plan myths
Public sector employers are struggling to manage their budgets, as are many of their private sector counterparts in the current post-recession economy.
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