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February 26, 2019
There is a lot of momentum lately around the comeback of DB plans. We see continuous media coverage on how unprepared Canadians are for retirement and […]
February 11, 2019
In recent months two interesting research papers were issued. The first, published by the Fraser Institute and authored by Malcolm Hamilton and Phillip Cross is Risk […]
January 29, 2019
It seems that actuaries like nothing more than debating exactly how to calculate a commuted value for a member of a defined benefit (DB) pension plan […]
January 4, 2019
Being early January 2019, it is the time of year when many plan sponsors pay closer attention to the funded status of their plans and start […]
December 4, 2018
Back in May 2017, I wrote about some Scary New Powers for the Superintendent where at the end I asked for guidance from FSCO on how […]
November 26, 2018
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. […]
October 10, 2018
It’s official, DB is coming back! I wasn’t sure about this until last week when revered actuary Fred Vettese declared not only were private sector […]
September 17, 2018
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 […]
August 27, 2018
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 […]
July 19, 2018
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) […]
June 29, 2018
Last week was the end of high school for our family. Hopefully the kids and their friends are on to bigger and better things. Last week […]
June 19, 2018
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 […]