If your job description includes responsibility for communicating pensions and benefits to fellow employees, then you’ll already know that with each new communication comes potential…
Canada ranks 10th in a list of countries that provide the best retirement security, according to the latest global retirement index published today by Natixis…
When you reach the cusp of retirement, you’re no doubt aware the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security provide much of the financial bedrock…
The expanded Canadian Pension Plan will bring only a slightly higher rate of return for retirees — 2.5 per cent in the expanded plan compared…
The U.S. Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation are seeking public comments on proposed revisions to modernize and…
More rule-making powers for a new regulator touted in a recent report to take over the duties of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario should…
IBM has been ordered to pay more than $23 million to 451 active and retired employees of its plant in Bromont, Que., a decade after…
Manitoba has joined the other provinces in working towards enhancing the Canada Pension Plan, though Premier Brian Pallister said the province’s agreement with the federal…
Investment volatility (52 per cent), retirement benefit costs (49 per cent) and regulatory compliance (47 per cent) are U.S. employers’ top three concerns now and for…
The Ontario government has established the Investment Management Corp. of Ontario in an effort to improve the management of public sector pensions and other investment…
As the July 15 deadline for provincial leaders to commit to an expanded Canada Pension Plan approaches, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business is calling…
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…
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…
Is it your job as a plan sponsor to educate your employees about the Canada Pension Plan expansion? Most employers will consider it the federal…
Critics say premium increases will hurt businesses, paycheques and the economy. Proponents say Canada Pension Plan enhancement will provide a needed and affordable boost to…
Expanding the working income tax benefit to offset increased Canada Pension Plan premiums for low-income workers will cost the federal government $250 million per year,…
While the Canada Pension Plan deal has effectively cancelled the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, the provincial Liberal party is still tallying up its total costs…
Ottawa has reached an agreement in principle with most of the provinces to expand the Canada Pension Plan for the first time in nearly 20…
Now that the finance ministers have reached an agreement on Canada Pension Plan expansion, you’d think we could all breathe a sigh of relief and…
Once Canadians have graduated from high school or postsecondary education, there isn’t really a formal environment that supports and facilitates group learning around issues like…
Much like the Greek philosopher Diogenes of Sinope and his search for an honest man, pension plan stakeholders have been seeking a sustainable plan design…
One sure way for sponsors of defined contribution pension plans to attract the attention of class action lawyers is to tell members what the value…
A majority (58 per cent) of Canadians are in favour of a moderate expansion to the Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan, according to…