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Reality Check

There’s a real disconnect between the expectations of pension fund investors and the returns they can reasonably hope to achieve. How can we bridge the…

  • By: Robin Pond
  • December 1, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Ready or Not?

A new Index measures Canadians’ preparedness for retirement. What do the results mean for pension plan sponsors? Significant demographic, economic and social forces are converging…

Saved from Solvency Funding

Ontario is recognizing the special nature of multi-employer pension plans, but will this change be for the long term? Multi-employer pension plans (MEPPs)in Ontario that…

Done Deal?

When it comes to pension plans in mergers and acquisitions, the handshake is often just the first step to a long, complicated process. What are…

A Lifetime Away

Canadian 30-year-olds are already planning for retirement. Their attitudes and expectations toward it may shape how people save for the future and life at 65.…

Viewpoint: Getting it right

David Dodge outlines six areas of concern about the current incentives for sponsors of defined benefit plans. The following is an excerpt from a speech…

Loud and clear

Communicating to plan members is tough. Here’s how some plan sponsors overcame their top 10 challenges. Imagine you are in charge of the retirement plan…

Restricted access

Issues of cost and risk are pushing plan sponsors to close off their DB plans. But that doesn’t mean managing them ends there. During this…

  • By: Joel Kranc
  • May 1, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Pension Revolution: A Solution to the Pension Crisis

Pension Revolution: A Solution to the Pensions Crisis Just as there is a consensus that workplace pension systems around the world are sick, so are…

Manager makeover

The money management industry is changing fast. What will the new face of the industry look like? The money management industry is undergoing a massive…

Viewpoint: Second opinion

Ken Georgetti takes issue with the thoughts and assumptions expressed by Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty in our February Viewpoint. Comment on the fact that…

  • By: Joel Kranc
  • April 1, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Have you called your MoM?

One of the attributes we can all relate to when we think of our moms is the way they do multiple tasks. They are able…

  • By: Joel Kranc
  • March 19, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Spot the hidden pensioner

There’s little secret how executives at many companies feel about traditional pensions these days—they fear the financial risks involved, even though plan design changes can…

  • By: David Burke
  • March 19, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Solving solvency

© Copyright 2007 Rogers Publishing Ltd. The following article first appeared in the March 2007 edition of BENEFITS CANADA magazine. Solving solvency   Whether it’s Letters…

The ultimate pension solution

What if there was a magic wand you could wave to rid your corporate balance sheet of all your defined benefit (DB) pension liabilities? Or…

Breaking the waves

It’s rough seas these days for plan sponsors. With pension plans investing in alternative assets such as private equity and real estate, sponsors are now…

  • By: Brooke Smith
  • February 28, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Viewpoint: Flaherty’s forecast

What do you think you have done for pension stability over the past year? JF: I suppose one of the most significant things for Canadians…

  • By: Joel Kranc
  • February 28, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Editorial: Two-tier retirement

When I hear the words “two tier,” my thoughts automatically jump to Canada’s healthcare system. These days, the phrase immediately elicits images of people paying…

  • By: Don Bisch
  • February 28, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Frontlines: A critical look at Harper’s first year

When Stephen Harper’s minority government took over in Ottawa early last year, 72% of federally regulated defined benefit(DB)plans had a solvency deficit as of June…

  • By: Leigh Doyle
  • February 28, 2007 September 13, 2019
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The Law: A distinct pension nation

Quebec enacted Bill 30 last December, bringing about significant amendments to the Quebec Supplemental Pension Plans Act(SPPA), which could have profound implications for not only…

  • By: Paul Litner
  • February 28, 2007 September 13, 2019
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Strength in numbers

So far, Canadian regulators’ efforts to stem the tide of declining defined benefit (DB) plans have focused on reducing the impact of solvency funding requirements.…

Pension Planning: Mission impossible?

There is a lot of hand-wringing going on in Canada about the generally poor financial condition of corporate, public sector, and industry-wide defined benefit (DB)pension…