Canadian pension plans – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Wed, 08 May 2024 20:56:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Just a third of older Canadians believe they can financially afford to retire: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/retirement/just-a-third-of-older-canadians-believe-they-can-financially-afford-to-retire-survey/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 14:00:17 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=131573 Just 35 per cent of Canadians aged 50 and older report they’re in a position to financially afford to retire, while a slightly larger percentage (37 per cent) say they aren’t and 25 per cent say it’s unclear, according to a new survey by the National Institute on Ageing and the Environics Institute for Survey Research. […]

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]]> Late 70s back in vogue as institutional investors look to the future https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/late-70s-back-in-vogue-as-institutional-investors-look-to-the-future/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:54:47 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=128035 As a fresh-faced elementary school student in 1977, Aaron Bennett wasn’t quite in the target demographic for the freshly launched Benefits Canada magazine. Still, Bennett — now the chief investment officer at Ontario’s University Pension Plan — has a pretty firm grasp on the concerns that would have occupied the minds of his predecessors as […]

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]]> British PM calling on domestic institutional investors to be more like Canadian pension funds https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/british-pm-calling-on-domestic-institutional-investors-to-be-more-like-canadian-pension-funds/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 19:00:04 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=105261 In an open letter, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak are calling on the U.K.’s institutional investors to follow the lead of Canadian and Australian pension funds by making more long-term, illiquid investments. “Currently global investors, including pension funds from Canada and Australia, are benefitting from the opportunities that U.K. […]

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]]> 2021 BPS coverage: How PCL is balancing benefits, pension decisions during coronavirus https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/2021-bps-coverage-how-pcl-is-balancing-benefits-pension-decisions-during-coronavirus/ Fri, 04 Jun 2021 13:00:44 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=100846 With the majority of PCL Construction Ltd.’s workforce continuing to work at its Canada-wide job sites and offices throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the organization’s decisions around its health benefits and pension plan have been to keep rolling. Speaking during a Q&A session to close out Benefits Canada‘s 2021 Benefits & Pension Summit on May 19, […]

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]]> OPTrust returns 8.9% in 2020, lowers discount rate https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/optrust-returns-8-9-per-cent-return-in-2020-lowers-discount-rate/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 05:00:38 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=96028 The OPSEU Pension Trust ended 2020 with an 8.9 per cent net investment return and maintained its fully funded status. That was down from 2019 when it ended the year with an 11.2 per cent net investment return and maintaining its fully funded status. The plan’s assets grew to more than $23 billion, up from almost […]

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]]> Expert panel: How DB plan sponsors can get back into the driver’s seat https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/expert-panel-how-db-plan-sponsors-can-get-back-into-the-drivers-seat/ Thu, 11 Mar 2021 08:00:35 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=95993 Much has been written about how 2020 was unprecedented, challenging and exhausting — take your pick of adjectives. It was also a white-knuckle ride for many Canadian defined benefit plan sponsors as they watched the funded status of their pension plans plummet sharply and then rebound. Most plans’ funded statuses are now at, or even […]

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]]> What are best practices for pensions investing in illiquid assets? https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/what-are-best-practices-for-pensions-investing-in-illiquid-assets/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/what-are-best-practices-for-pensions-investing-in-illiquid-assets/#respond Thu, 21 Nov 2019 02:26:23 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/what-are-best-practices-for-pensions-investing-in-illiquid-assets/ Institutional investors have been rushing into the arms of alternative, less liquid, investments over the past two decades. But there is considerable variation in how major players approach these investments, according to a paper by Kristy Jansen a PhD-student at Tilburg University and Patrick Tuijp, a research affiliate at the University of Amsterdam. In examining […]

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