In a period when equities performed better than other asset classes, American DC retirement plan members cut their holdings in domestic equities and increased their…
The past few years for the pension industry have been difficult, to put it mildly. But for the Top 100 pension plans, things are starting…
Pension plans have had a trying time over the last few years. Stocks have taken investors for a ride, and a low interest rate environment…
Eckler Ltd. has acquired the rights to the Quantitative Service Measurement survey and its intellectual property from Corden Consulting Inc.
Today, most Canadian single employer DB pension plans have large solvency deficits, and there continues to be significant focus on the large minimum contributions required…
Federal public employees who retire early are eligible to collect a bridge benefit that can be as much as $105,000 per retiree, according to a…
The Canadian Wheat Board has purchased a $150-million annuity policy from Sun Life Financial that transfers investment and longevity risk from its DB plan to…
Chrysler will freeze its salaried employee DB plans effective Dec. 31, 2014.
A poll conducted by J.P. Morgan Asset Management of more than 1,000 American workers participating in a DC plan has found that the vast majority…
The market value of Canadian employer-sponsored pension funds totalled $1.2 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter, according to Statistics Canada.
The financial assets of New Brunswick’s public service, teachers’ and judges’ pension plans reached an all-time high of $10.1 billion at the end of March,…
The results of 60 Second Survey conducted recently by Morneau Shepell showed that a significant majority of plan sponsors polled agreed that Canada is suffering…
The increase in the number of cash balance plans in the United States has jumped nearly 500% over the last decade, according to a report.
Canadian plan members reported a significant drop in the amount they believe they need to retire — from roughly $1.4 million in 2023, 2024 and…
While the percentage of plan members who describe their personal financial situation as significantly or somewhat better than last year decreased from 42 per cent…
Methodology improvements are pushing the life expectancy of Canadian retirees and surviving spouses by roughly one year to age 65 as of Jan. 1, 2024,…
In its 2026 budget on Thursday, the Ontario government proposed doubling the pension benefits guarantee fund’s monthly guarantee limit from $1,500 to $3,000 for all…
The bankruptcy of the Hudson Bay Co. and subsequent loss of promised supplemental employee/executive retirement plan benefits to executives has caused many to rethink the…
Derek Dobson, chief executive officer and plan manager at the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology’s pension plan, is departing the organization following a formal…
Bell Canada’s defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans are both overseen by the same pension committee. The meeting cadences differ, but the committee leans…
Employers can reinforce the value of their workplace retirement plans by communicating to plan members about the importance of having money later versus money now,…
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario is marking its fourth annual Pension Awareness Day today by encouraging employees to understand their employer-sponsored retirement plan…
Amazon Canada’s commitment to unique financial wellness offerings led to a win at Benefits Canada‘s 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards on Oct. 18. The technology company was…
Admiral Insurance’s award-winning benefits program is demonstrating how employers can use versatility to strike a fine balance between finding innovative solutions and maintaining plan sustainability. The…
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…