Archives December 2010

December 2010

Capital accumulation plans

Going by the numbers, 2010 was good to Canada’s capital accumulation plan (CAP) industry. With double-digit growth in both defined contribution (DC) and group RRSP…

Defined benefit pensions

In the recent Burke v. Hudson’s Bay Co. decision, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) held that plan members who were transferred to a successor…

Benefits Canada News

Going by the numbers, 2010 was good to Canada’s capital accumulation plan (CAP) industry. With double-digit growth in both defined contribution (DC) and group RRSP…

For Michel Lizée, independent member and pension committee secretary of the Régime de retraite à financement salarial des groupes communautaires et de femmes (RRFS-GCF) in…

The Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute (CPBI) celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, a fact that Kevin Press, assistant vice-president, Canadian marketing, with Sun Life…

NAV Canada has had a pension plan communications strategy in place since 2000. But a growing realization from the pension team that members were not…

In naming her the 2010 Most Influential Plan Sponsor, Josephine Marks’ peers may have sought to recognize her individual efforts. But if you ask Marks,…

How, exactly, does one get into pension law? John Solursh, partner emeritus in the pension and employee benefits group at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP…

Governance/legislation

In the recent Burke v. Hudson’s Bay Co. decision, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) held that plan members who were transferred to a successor…

How, exactly, does one get into pension law? John Solursh, partner emeritus in the pension and employee benefits group at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP…