Employees like stock plans
An increasing number of workers are considering the availability of a company stock plan when evaluating a new job opportunity, according to research conducted by…
- By: Staff
- July 4, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 08:42
An increasing number of workers are considering the availability of a company stock plan when evaluating a new job opportunity, according to research conducted by…
New Brunswick is being sued by a group of retirees after the province made changes to the public sector pension plan.
The solvency position of Canadian pension plans improved slightly in the second quarter of 2014.
Some retirees have chosen to work not because they have to, but because they want to.
The quarterly benefit amounts for old age security for July to September 2014 will be 1.3% higher.
Thanks to continuously generous Canadian equity returns during the second quarter of 2014, the health of the country’s DB pension plans reached the highest median…
It’s been six years since the financial crisis caught the Canadian financial industry off-guard. During this period, countless surveys conducted by financial groups and independent…
Freezing a DB plan can also mean more complex governance. What do plan sponsors need to know?
Eighty-five percent of small business owners in Quebec support the concept of the new voluntary retirement savings plan, according to a survey.
Eckler has introduced Guided Outcomes, a DC plan management solution that was launched in the United Kingdom by consulting and actuarial firm Hymans Robertson, to…
The federal government has concluded its public consultations on establishing a federal framework for target benefit plans and will use the input to draft legislation.
In its response to the Department of Finance's consultation paper on the proposed target benefit plan framework, Morneau Shepell stressed that all groups should collaborate…
The Association of Canadian Pension Management says there are principles that should be followed in any expansion of mandatory public plans.
More than £50 billion in U.K. pension benefits were at risk of being misplaced in abandoned accounts or scattered across multiple lost pots in 2023,…
Employees of Candu Energy Inc., Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and Global First Power are joining the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology’s DBplus pension plan. Unionized…
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…
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,…
Ford of Canada’s recent transfer of $923 million in pension liabilities to Desjardins Group, RBC Insurance and Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada augurs well…
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario is appointing Andrew Fung as executive vice-president of pensions, effective March 11, 2024. Fung first joined the Financial…
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…
Retirement benefits paid out by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System accounted for 9.3 per cent of retirement income in Ontario in 2023, according to…
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…