long bonds – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 17 May 2024 19:40:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Expert panel: What does 2024 hold in store for the pension industry? https://www.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/gavin-benjamin/expert-panel-what-does-2024-hold-in-store-for-the-pension-industry/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 14:00:20 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=149607 With the arrival of the new year, there are three topics that will be important for pension plan sponsors, members and other industry stakeholders in 2024. The economy and financial markets At the end of 2023, the Canadian economy and the financial markets were still feeling the after-effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Read: Expert panel: […]

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]]> DB plan sponsors urged to reconsider asset allocations amid interest rate uncertainty: expert https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/db-plan-sponsors-urged-to-reconsider-asset-allocations-amid-interest-rate-uncertainty-expert/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:30:23 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=132118 The uncertainty about the direction interest rates will move in 2023 means defined benefit pension plan sponsors should be reconsidering their asset allocation strategies, says Ben Ukonga, principal at Mercer. “I don’t think anybody knows when, or if, interest rates will come down. If [inflation] comes down, the Bank of Canada’s likely to stop increasing […]

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]]> DB pensions’ funding positions recovering, but major risks ahead: reports https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/db-pensions-funding-positions-recovering-but-major-risks-ahead-reports/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/db-pensions-funding-positions-recovering-but-major-risks-ahead-reports/#respond Mon, 05 Oct 2020 04:09:00 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/db-pensions-funding-positions-recovering-but-major-risks-ahead-reports/ The funded positions of Canadian defined benefit pension plans continued to recover in the third quarter of 2020, but major risks lie ahead, according to both Mercer Canada’s latest pension health index and Aon’s latest median solvency ratio survey. Mercer’s index, which represents the solvency ratio of a hypothetical DB pension plan, increased from 101 […]

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