Regulations
March 9, 2020
“I am so smart! S-M-R-T… I mean S-M-A-R-T!” Homer Simpson For years I have argued that the actuarial profession should not be in the business of […]
February 24, 2020
Over the past few months, I’ve had the pleasure of serving on one of the first Pension Technical Advisory Committees established by the Financial Services Regulatory […]
February 10, 2020
Last Fall, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) published an outside-the-box Guidance Approach which has not gained much attention, but I believe that it […]
January 28, 2020
The Actuarial Standards Board (“ASB”) has recently released its long-awaited changes to the Pension Commuted Value Standards. This communication will discuss the key changes to the […]
January 3, 2020
It is again that time of year, when pension plan sponsors take stock of their experience in 2019 and make plans for 2020. What happened in […]
December 20, 2019
The legislators in Western Canada have been busy this fall, requiring me to write one last blog before the end of 2019. Manitoba Pension Reform On […]
October 15, 2019
As we enter the fourth quarter of 2019, it is worthwhile for pension plan sponsors to review their plan’s recent investment performance and current funded status, […]
September 17, 2019
Last month, while many of us were on vacation, the British Columbia government continued their consultations on their pension funding framework by publishing a report from […]
July 22, 2019
This past week marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon, and fulfilled the goal laid […]
July 9, 2019
Several of our clients have had the pleasure of being ‘audited’ by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (“FSCO” – now renamed the Financial Services Regulatory […]
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 […]