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Price points

Price points

Given the complexity and variety of different services involved in maintaining a DC plan—and the sophisticated jargon that is used by service providers to market…

Endowments worried about returns

Half of Canadian endowments, foundations and non-profits say their greatest risk over the next several years will be that returns will be insufficient to meet…

  • By: Staff
  • May 24, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 09:02
U.K. pension liabilities soar

U.K. pension liabilities soar

Despite strong performance across most asset classes, pension liabilities in the United Kingdom have still managed to outpace the growth in pension fund assets.

  • By: Staff
  • May 23, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 15:13
U.S. DB plans outperformed DC plans in 2011

U.S. DB plans outperformed DC plans in 2011

Investment returns in U.S. DB plans outperformed those in DC plans in 2011 by the widest margin since the mid-1990s.

  • By: Staff
  • May 22, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 16:58
Do process

Do process

Good governance leads to better outcomes for a pension plan. That’s a given. If the party responsible for administering a plan builds a system, constructs…

Plan sponsors embrace social media

Plan sponsors embrace social media

Sixty-three percent of DC plan sponsors in the United States are using social media to provide a regular source of information to their members, according…

  • By: Staff
  • May 16, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 15:10

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. However, while the…

CTF says pensions shouldn’t go to convicted politicians

CTF says pensions shouldn’t go to convicted politicians

In light of the Deloitte report on inappropriate Senate expenses, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is renewing its call for a new law that would take…

  • By: Staff
  • May 13, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 16:59
BlackRock CEO calls for mandatory savings in the U.S.

BlackRock CEO calls for mandatory savings in the U.S.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink believes the United States government needs to do more to encourage Americans to save, including creating a mandatory savings program in…

Quebec introduces bill to create VRSPs

Quebec introduces bill to create VRSPs

The Government of Quebec has tabled a bill to create voluntary retirement savings plans in the province.

Court upholds DPSP pre-retirement locking in

Court upholds DPSP pre-retirement locking in

Thanks to some creative plan design, the Ontario Court of Justice has recently upheld the contractual pre-retirement locking-in provisions in a deferred profit sharing plan…

Convicted N.S. MLAs would lose pension under new amendment

Convicted N.S. MLAs would lose pension under new amendment

The Government of Nova Scotia has introduced an amendment to take back pensions from members of the legislative assembly convicted of a serious indictable offence.

  • By: Staff
  • May 7, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 16:38
The hidden DB in DC plans

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…

More than £50 billion in U.K. pension benefits at risk of being lost, misplaced: study

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,…

  • By: Staff
  • March 25, 2024 March 25, 2024
  • 15:00

Employees of Canadian energy companies joining CAAT’s DBplus pension plan

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…

  • By: Staff
  • March 21, 2024 March 21, 2024
  • 15:00

Clear, flexible regulations needed for target-benefit plans: report

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…

  • By: Staff
  • March 19, 2024 March 18, 2024
  • 09:00

Ontario continues work on infrastructure bank, target-benefit pension plan framework

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,…

  • By: Staff
  • March 27, 2024 March 27, 2024
  • 15:00

Group annuity market growing as DB pension plans move to de-risk

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…

FSRA names Andrew Fung EVP of pensions

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…

  • By: Staff
  • March 20, 2024 March 20, 2024
  • 15:00

OPB working with employers to receive salary information of employees impacted by Bill 124

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…

  • By: Staff
  • March 12, 2024 March 13, 2024
  • 15:00

UPP keeping plan members engaged, informed with new web portal

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…

OMERS pension benefits accounted for 9.3% of Ontario retirement income in 2023: report

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…

  • By: Blake Wolfe
  • February 15, 2024 February 14, 2024
  • 09:00

How Ontario pay transparency legislation will impact employers

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 using budget workshops, interactive game to support employee financial wellness

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…

  • By: Sadie Janes
  • November 24, 2023 November 23, 2023
  • 09:00

2023 Healthy Outcomes Conference: A closer look at the mental, physical, financial risk factors facing plan members

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…