Industry Q&A: Advocating for change
© Copyright 2006 Rogers Publishing Ltd. The following article first appeared in the September 2006 edition of BENEFITS CANADA magazine. Industry Q&A: Advocating for change …
© Copyright 2006 Rogers Publishing Ltd. The following article first appeared in the September 2006 edition of BENEFITS CANADA magazine. Industry Q&A: Advocating for change …
The recent Supreme Court of Canada(SCC)decision in the case of Buschau v. Rogers(Buschau)represents a critical and positive shift in the Court’s view of defined benefit(DB)pension…
A month after its decision in Concordia University, the Supreme Court of Canada released its second pension-related decision in Buschau v. Rogers Communications Incorporated…
© Copyright 2006 Rogers Publishing Ltd. The following article first appeared in the September 2006 edition of BENEFITS CANADA magazine. Access Denied How much money is…
It’s not too far-fetched to assume that if one sees a problem coming, one would try to avoid it by making a change or taking…
In early May pension investors had reason to be optimistic about 2006. The S&P 500 had delivered a return of nearly 7% and EAFE was…
The trust market has grown significantly so far this decade and, in the last year, has gained the institutional credibility so sought after by many…
BC: What has been the single most important trend, development or event in pension money management over the past 25 years? LB: People living longer…
From value to growth, Canadian pension funds have looked to different investment styles over the years to help them meet their returns and manage risk.…
Alpha-hungry plan sponsors are letting their managers out of the box—the style box, that is. And it’s not just about value and growth—increasingly, managers…
The pension industry needs to think outside the box. It pains me to use such a hackneyed phrase(although probably not as much as it…
When beleaguered I.T. giant Nortel announced in June that it was switching its remaining defined benefit(DB) pension plan members to a defined contribution(DC)plan as of…
So far, Canadian regulators’ efforts to stem the tide of declining defined benefit (DB) plans have focused on reducing the impact of solvency funding requirements.…
Implicit in the current retirement system is a significant element of unfairness in sharing and owning risk. Some employees effectively subsidize others under certain defined…
© Copyright 2006 Rogers Publishing Ltd. The following article first appeared in the September 2006 edition of BENEFITS CANADA magazine. Pension Rebuild Current defined benefit…
