Some Quebecers may have to delay their retirement plans if the provincial government succeeds in a plan to push back the age at which they…
Earlier this year, Benefits Canada hosted its annual DC Plan Summit. As part of the agenda, Ole Settergren from the Swedish Pension Agency talked about…
The announcement that the federal government is going to study the option of allowing Canadians to voluntarily contribute to the CPP to supplement their retirement…
Ontario has passed the Pooled Registered Pension Plans (PRPP) Act, 2015.
The United States Supreme Court says 401(k) plans must monitor the investment options being offered, reports Bloomberg.
At long last many of the recommendations of the Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards (JEPPS) included in its November 2008 final report entitled Getting…
Companies that sponsor pension plans often empower a pension or investment committee to provide oversight and management of the investment arrangements.
The Illinois Supreme Court overturned the state's 2013 pension reform law.
Ontario's Bill 56, An Act to require the establishment of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP), received royal assent on Tuesday.
Ontario has passed legislation to create the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP).
Nova Scotia has introduced legislation that will allow university pension plans to be transferred to the Nova Scotia Public Service Superannuation Plan (PSPP).
The Ontario government has released a consultation paper on the proposed criteria that the government might use to evaluate whether newly established multi-employer jointly sponsored…
Ontario’s decision to move ahead with creating the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, a mandatory provincial plan that will offer a retirement benefit on top of…
The Government of Ontario has unveiled details about its plan to create an arms-length organization to administer the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP).
Nova Scotia's updated Pension Benefits Act will come into effect on June 1.
Capital Accumulation Plans should be exempt from participating in the proposed Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP), said Marka Yamada, president and CEO of PUP Investing,…
Bill 56, An Act to require the establishment of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan, has moved one step closer to becoming law.
Both small business and insurance industry leaders exhorted the Pooled Registered Pension Plan (PRPP) as a preferable option over the ORPP. But PRPPs may be…
The Standing Committee on Social Policy will meet to consider Bill 56, An Act to require the establishment of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan,later this…
We are all familiar with the expression “the long arm of the law.” However, few laws’ arms are longer than that of the U.S. Foreign…
In Ontario, the regulator recently made it a requirement effective Jan. 1, 2016 for pension funds to disclose whether environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors…
Ottawa needs to change federal tax rules so that they accommodate single-employer target benefit plans, according to a C.D. Howe Institute report.
Faced with growing pension risks, do target benefit plans offer security for sponsors?
The House of Commons recently passed Bill C-518, which would revoke the pensions of politicians who are convicted of certain serious crimes.
Last week, Quebec introduced Bill 34, “An Act to amend the Supplemental Pension Plans Act with respect to the funding and restructuring of certain multi-employer…