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Ontario Pension Report Misses the Mark

The Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions (OECP) report contains more bad news than good for pension plans in the province and was released at the…

  • By: Jody White
  • December 2, 2008 September 13, 2019
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Relief Plan Gets Poor Marks

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s recent proposal to offer funding relief to federally regulated pension plans is under fire for being unworkable in the current…

  • By: Jody White
  • December 1, 2008 September 13, 2019
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Alberta/B.C. Report Calls for Supplemental Pension Plan

The long-awaited report from the Alberta/British Columbia Joint Expert Panel on Pension Standards was released Friday, calling for sweeping changes to pension standards legislation for…

  • By: Jody White
  • November 28, 2008 September 13, 2019
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OECP Report Briefing

The ballroom at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto was packed on Wednesday morning as representatives from the Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions (OECP), Watson…

Harry Arthurs and the deathly DB system

 From its title all the way to the final recommendation, the Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions’ report strives to balance off the often-contradictory desires of…

The OECP Report: A Missed Opportunity

Some thoughts on the final report of the Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions The Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions (OECP) final report, A Fine Balance:…

The OECP Report: Time is of the Essence

While some of the recommendations put forward in the Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions report were well received by the industry, whether or not the…

OECP Releases Report

Two years after the Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions was created, its 222-page report—along with 142 recommendations—was released to the public on Thursday. The report,…

OECP Report Being Released Thursday

The long-awaited report from the Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions (OECP) will be released on Nov. 20. Harry Arthurs, the chair of the commission will…

Kerry Appeal Heard

The Supreme Court of Canada has heard the appeal in the Elaine Nolan et al. v. Kerry (Canada) Inc. et al. case. Last year, plaintiffs…

Pension System Unfair: Report

Access to retirement saving room in Canada’s pension system is inequitably distributed between public and private sector workers, and reform is required to provide all…

  • By: Jody White
  • November 7, 2008 September 13, 2019
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A Step Towards a National Supplementary Pension Plan?

Not only is British Columbia’s proposed new pension plan the latest in a string of privately-financed plans cropping up around the world, but it may…

  • By: Jody White
  • November 3, 2008 September 13, 2019
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Public Scrutiny

The world is watching to see how pension funds manage risk in a challenging and changing market environment. Pension funds, especially defined benefit (DB) arrangements,…

  • By: Murray Gold
  • November 1, 2008 September 13, 2019
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A Closer Look

Managers—and, by extension, plan sponsors—must ensure that socially responsible investments get proper due diligence before they are included or excluded from portfolios. The growth of…

Not Just a Phase

Phased retirement could have a huge impact on the way employers attract and retain employees in the future. With the first cohort of baby boomers…

CAPSA Proposes a New Multi-Jurisdictional Agreement

On October 21, 2008, the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities (CAPSA) released a Proposed Agreement Respecting Multi-Jurisdictional Pension Plans (Proposed Agreement). If adopted by…

Nova Scotia Pension Panel Releases Interim Report

The Nova Scotia Pension Review Panel has issued an interim position paper outlining its views on key issues and providing clues about the recommendations it…

  • By: Jody White
  • October 21, 2008 September 13, 2019
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Buschau Continued: Now to the Court of Appeal

A pension dispute that has been before courts and regulators for more than a decade is undergoing a further appeal, this time to the Federal…

Not-So-Perfect Harmony

The long road to synthesizing pension law. Diversity has been, and continues to be, the pride of this nation and the bane of existence for…

SIO Goes the Distance

Responsible investment is an important issue for many pension plan sponsors today, but when it comes to public policy support for these initiatives, Canada has…

ABCP Committee to Proceed with Restructuring

The Pan-Canadian Investors Committee for Third-Party Structured ABCP has commenced the final steps to implement its plan to restructure $32-billion of third-party asset-backed commercial paper…

Supreme Court Dismisses ABCP Appeal

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a challenge to the restructuring plan for the country’s frozen asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market, clearing the way…

  • By: Jody White
  • September 19, 2008 September 13, 2019
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The Future of Pensions

The imminent departure of the first wave of baby boomers from the workforce will offer clues about the adequacy of that generation’s saving habits, and…

  • By: Jody White
  • September 12, 2008 September 13, 2019
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Good Policy

Best practices and important considerations for developing and maintaining effective investment policy guidelines. The central function of an investment policy statement is to provide structure…

Words Search

Recent court decisions on pension surplus ownership have turned to plan documentation, but there are still no final answers. Rulings of the Ontario Court of…