The C.D. Howe Institute is re-appointing Leo de Bever, former chief executive officer of the Alberta Investment Management Corp., as a senior fellow. De Bever is currently a chairman of Nauticol Energy Ltd. in Calgary and senior advisor at Mountain Pacific Group LLC, an investment management company in Bellevue, WA. He has also worked at […]
The 2015 federal budget’s reduction of the mandatory minimum withdrawals from RRIFs and similar tax-deferred accounts will reduce the risk that many Canadians will outlive their savings. Yet with yields on safe investments so low, and longevity continuing to increase, the risk is still material, according to a C.D. Howe Institute report.
The normal or “neutral” rate is lower than its historical average, and likely will remain relatively low over the next decade, argue Paul Beaudry and Philippe Bergevin in a C.D. Howe Institute report.
The hoped-for revenues from personal and corporate income tax hikes proposed in British Columbia’s 2013 budget will be undermined by taxpayers’ reaction to the hikes, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute.
Malcolm Hamilton has been appointed senior fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute. Hamilton will focus on HR policy, with a special emphasis on pensions and retirement savings.
Despite the recent changes to public pension plans for members of parliament and other federal public servants, a new paper from the C.D. Howe is saying these changes aren’t enough.
A new report from the C.D. Howe Institute calls for innovative reforms to prepare for the coming surge in demand for long-term care services that will be driven by aging baby boomers.
As baby boomers enter the de-accumulation phase, they need better choices to protect against longevity risk—and policy reform could help, says a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute.
Reforms being considered to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)—which would impose higher penalties for opting to begin collecting CPP before age 65 and greater rewards for delaying take-up until after 65, were meant to ensure that people do not have a strong financial incentive to retire early—according to a report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
The payout formulas for Canadian public sector DB pension plans produce little-acknowledged inequities, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.