While it’s impossible to predict exactly how pension case law will evolve in future, one can offer an educated guess at some legislative developments and…
A recent court decision in Ontario illustrates the potential danger for employers that attempt to rely on pension plan terms to refute claims for pension-related…
In January, the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities established a new committee with a mandate to develop a risk management guidance. In the CAPSA’s…
The importance of risk management isn’t new for the majority of defined benefit pension plan sponsors and administrators. The impact of long-term interest rates, market…
Pension governance policies have been common for many years, at least since the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities published its initial guidelines on pension…
While 2018 ushered in a number of significant changes to Ontario’s pension legislation, including a major revamping of the funding rules for defined benefit plans,…
The Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities has published draft guidance for plan administrators and third-party consultants to help them search for missing pension members.…
While 2017 was a relatively uneventful year in terms of legislative changes affecting pension plans, 2018 promises to be more significant, at least for many defined benefit…
Alongside the Ontario government’s announcement earlier this month regarding a new funding framework for defined benefit pension plans in the province, it also said it…
While it may be true that there’s nothing new under the sun in the pension world, target-benefit plans may prove the exception. In the traditional…
When the Ontario government announced its proposed new legislation enshrining the framework for the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) on April 14, it also shared some significant…
New pension asset transfer rules governing single-employer pension plans (SEPPs) came into effect in Ontario on Jan. 1, 2014. The Ontario government recently released a…
Most plan administrators know by now that, effective Jan. 1, 2016, the statement of investment policies and procedures will once again become a filed document…
The Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) is an unprecedented new mandatory provincial pension plan that represents the provincial government's "made-in-Ontario" solution for expanding pension coverage…