CRA, FSCO, PBGF, LCBO….we love our acronyms in the pension industry. Here is a new one – OCIO – which stands for Outsourced Chief Investment Officer. […]
Most sponsors of Individual Pension Plans (IPPs) are sold a product intended to achieve one or more goals, such as targeting a certain retirement income, rewarding […]
There is an interesting development in the Canadian pension landscape that has the potential to be a real game changer. Earlier this year, the CAAT Pension […]
A recently released research paper by Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald, “New CPP Enhancements: What do they mean for Canadian workers and seniors?” models how enhanced CPP (i.e. CPP2) […]
On July 1, 2018, Section 43.1 of the Ontario Pension Benefits Act comes into effect, providing Administrators’ of single-employer defined benefit pension plans with the ability […]
The Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund is a program run by Ontario to protect pension benefits for Ontario workers where the plan sponsor becomes insolvent and becomes […]
Earlier this year, the Ontario government issued a Consultation Paper on the Regulation of Financial Planners (the “Proposed Regulations”) seeking comments on their proposals. This follows […]
On April 20, 2018, the Ontario Government filed the detailed regulations that formally implement the new funding framework for DB pension plans, as well as formalize […]