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…
Canadian DC plan sponsors need a boost to drive employees’ retirement savings
Legislation to create a retirement plan for private sector employees in Illinois has been signed into law.
Canada’s pension legislators need to fix the pension solvency funding system to reflect current realities
The Government of Alberta amended the Employment Pension Plans Regulation primarily to establish a new moratorium on solvency fund for collectively bargained multi-employer pension plans.
The Actuarial Standards Board is proposing new mortality tables be used to calculate pension commuted values for members terminating from DB plans and that could…
This year was an interesting one for the pension industry. After enhancing the Canada Pension Plan was put on hold in late 2013, Ontario went…
The Ontario government has filed O. Reg. 235/14, which amends the Pension Benefits Regulation to include provisions on the content and timing requirements for biennial…
DB plan sponsors in Alberta (and soon British Columbia) should carefully consider taking advantage of recent and forthcoming) legislation in those provinces permitting them to…
The Government of Ontario has released a consultation paper on the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan.
The Government of Ontario has introduced legislation to create the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan and pooled registered pension plans.
Quebec's National Assembly passed a bill into law on Thursday that will reform the province's municipal pensions.
Alberta’s new Employment Pension Plans Act encourages innovation in plan design
Save your money, save the world? Pension funds, we are told, can be a force for social good, from promoting sustainable environmental practices, to punishing…