Laurentian Bank of Canada is buying group annuity contracts to cover the responsibility for pension benefits owed to about 400 retirees, beneficiaries and deferred pension members.…
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan has surpassed 500,000 members, including more than 300,000 active members, giving it one of the highest active-to-retired ratios among…
As pension regulators narrow their priorities heading into 2026, the Association of Canadian Pension Management is placing greater emphasis on flexible pension plan design, with…
The median solvency ratio among Canadian defined benefit pension plans was 132 per cent as of Dec. 31, 2025, an increase of seven per cent…
The funded status of a typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan increased on a solvency basis but decreased on an accounting basis during the month…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is appointing Jenny Hammarlund as executive managing director of real estate, effective Jan. 5. Hammarlund will be based in London…
An article on the federal government’s official rebuttal to a 2023 report that argued Alberta is entitled to more than half the assets of the…
Former employees of the now-shuttered Northern Pulp mill in Pictou, N.S., will see their pension fund made whole and fully wound up due to the…
Canadian pension risk transfers reached an estimated transaction volume of $1.7 billion during the third quarter of 2025, according to a new report by Telus…
The International Centre for Pension Management is making two new appointments to its management team, effective immediately. Adrian Trollor will move into the role of…
An article on the federal government’s notification to public employees on early retirement options was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are…
When Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital merged in April 2025, leaders weren’t just bringing together two sites and two cultures, they also…
Heightened volatility could make defined benefit pension plan sponsors pause before deciding how to approach the use of favourable financial positions resulting in surpluses. While…
The Canada-Wide Industrial Pension Plan has surpassed $1 billion in assets. In a press release, the CWIPP attributed its steady growth to increasing membership, ongoing…
Alberta is moving to insulate its Crown investment corporation from potential legal liabilities and protect companies in the province from lawsuits accusing them of greenwashing.…
The median solvency ratio of Ontario defined benefit pension plans increased to 124 per cent during the third quarter of 2025, an increase of two…
While earlier generations of Canadian retirees fared well despite limited financial literacy thanks to simpler pension systems, today’s employees face a more complicated journey through…
Size matters when it comes to Canada’s much-vaunted model of pension investment. Sebastien Betermier, an associate professor of finance at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of…
While emerging forms of artificial intelligence such as agentic AI may hold promises and challenges for pension plan sponsors, the human touch remains important when…
Two shared-risk pension plans for former employees of New Brunswick-based Fraser Papers Inc. are de-risking via annuity buy-in transactions totalling $114 million. A board of…
An article on one of Pratt & Whitney Canada’s wins in Benefits Canada’s 2025 Workplace Benefits Awards was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past…
The Ontario Pension Board is appointing Joanna Carson as chief financial officer, effective Nov. 10. In the role, she’ll oversee the OPB’s corporate finance, procurement,…
Roughly six in 10 (60 per cent) U.S.-based defined contribution pension plan sponsors say they want to retain assets in the plan, often by limiting…
While the total number of pension plans in B.C. declined to 610 in 2024, overall membership increased by four per cent to 1.34 million members,…
The funded status of a typical defined benefit pension plan in Canada increased on both a solvency basis and on an accounting basis in September,…