Golf fans everywhere know that Tiger Woods really doesn’t like to lose. Neither, apparently, does Quebec’s pensions regulator, the Régie des rentes du Québec. A most dramatic example of the Régie’s win-at-all-costs mentality came earlier this month, when the Quebec government quietly issued a series of proposed amendments to the Supplemental Pension Plans Act which […]
According to Benefits Canada, total assets in Canadian registered pension plans passed the $1 trillion mark earlier this decade. A question often asked by plan administrators responsible for investing all this money and by those who advise or do business with such administrators is: What are the principal legal rules governing the investment of pension […]
The January 31, 2008 announcement that the Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal of the Kerry case regarding pension plan expenses and conversions represents just the latest example of the SCC’s sudden new interest in legal issues affecting registered pension plans. This article will offer a brief history and analysis of […]
© Copyright 2006 Rogers Publishing Ltd. The following article first appeared in the September 2005 edition of BENEFITS CANADA magazine. Needed: a true balance Do the numerous governmental and regulatory proposals on the table concerning the health of defined benefit plans balance sponsors’ and members’ needs? By Gary Nachshen Two years after the onset […]