Regulations
June 9, 2020
Since 2009, defined benefit pension plan administrators in Ontario have had to regularly monitor the transfer ratio (“TR”) of their pension plan and are required to […]
May 25, 2020
In recent weeks, FSRA has caused a bit of a stir in the actuarial community with their recent guidance on the contents in an actuarial valuation […]
March 9, 2020
Editor’s Note: This commentary was written before the April 6, 2020 announcement by the Actuarial Standards Board of the decision to delay the implementation for the […]
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
Editor’s Note: This commentary was written before the April 6, 2020 announcement by the Actuarial Standards Board of the decision to delay the implementation for 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 […]