Not everyone can say they’ve spent two decades at the same organization, but Candy Wong, portfolio manager of external managers and international strategies at Manitoba’s Civil Service Superannuation Board, is now in her 21st year at the public sector pension plan. “I don’t think you can foresee where you’re going to be, especially in finance. […]
An article on how plan sponsors can handle lost pension claims was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. Expert panel: How plan sponsors can handle lost pension claims 2. Feds increasing pay, retention bonuses for CAF […]
The real estate investment arm of one of the country’s largest pension funds is worried about the value of its assets if a B.C. billionaire is able to buy Hudson’s Bay Co.’s leases at its properties. In documents filed with the Ontario Superior Court, Oxford Properties Group argues transferring leases to “an unvetted and unproven” […]
In a fast-paced world with increasingly complex risks around every corner, pension and investment executives are looking for ways to safeguard their portfolios. The 2025 Risk Management Conference was a one-day forum designed for GTA-based DB plan sponsors to hear about insights and strategies to help them navigate these risks and deliver positive outcomes to […]
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario is working to address the problems of a detailed compliance approach to pension regulation, said James Hoffner (pictured left), head of prudential supervision and large public sector pension plans at the FSRA, during the keynote session at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2025 Risk Management Conference. A one-size-fits-all approach […]
A changing world is challenging investment organizations’ established approach to risk management, said Dervish Halil (pictured left), senior managing director and head of credit and capital markets risk at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, during a panel session at the Canadian Investment Review’s 2025 Risk Management Conference. “I think one of the challenges is to […]
The Canadian pension risk transfer market reached record-breaking demand in 2024 with $11 billion in deals at the end of the year, eclipsing the $7.8 billion combined total of annuities transactions in 2023 and 2022. Indeed, the fourth quarter of 2024 alone saw $5.2 billion of overall transactions, split between $1.5 billion in buy-ins and […]
Last year, the Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System embarked on a journey to redefine its risk management strategy, with the process pushing the organization to separate its views on risk into three categories. After becoming the OMERS’ chief risk officer in June 2023, Deb Barnes asked the organization’s board for a mandate to refresh the […]
Risk management continues to be one of the hottest topics in the pension industry for a number of reasons, including the uncertainty caused by the current geopolitical and economic climate and the September 2024 release of the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities’ new guideline for risk management for plan administrators. While pension plan administrators […]
The Canadian annuity purchase market recorded $700 million in transactions during the first quarter of 2025, according to a new report by Telus Health. It noted a “notable deceleration” in the volume of transactions after what a record-breaking year, which isn’t uncommon for the first quarter of a new year. The last quarter of 2024 […]