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Expert panel: Regulatory guidelines, geopolitical risk impacting pension plan sponsors in 2025

With the start of a new year, there are several developments and trends that will likely impact Canadian pension plan sponsors in 2025. Implementation of…

Editorial: Challenges and opportunities amid an increasingly imbalanced generational divide

The keynote session at Benefits Canada’s 2024 Defined Contribution Investment Forum warned that the failure to plan for the ‘boomer bulge’ is affecting private and…

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UAP supporting financial wellness with retirement toolkit

UAP Inc. is supporting employees’ financial wellness and retirement readiness with a new retirement toolkit. The toolkit, which launched this week, explains the company’s retirement…

  • By: Blake Wolfe
  • November 29, 2024 November 28, 2024
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Head to head: Are employers’ financial literacy initiatives translating into reality?

One expert suggests employers bridge their knowledge gap by finding ways to turn education into action, while another says companies’ commitments to ongoing financial literacy…

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How CAPSA’s fee transparency guidance is impacting plan sponsors

The Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities’ new plan sponsor guidelines surrounding investment fee transparency are a good first step, but require further development to…

  • By: Blake Wolfe
  • November 14, 2024 November 13, 2024
  • 09:00
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Nova Scotia to allow unlocking of pension benefits

The Nova Scotia government is updating the provincial Pension Benefits Act to allow the unlocking of pension benefits. Effective April 1, 2025, plan members aged…

  • By: Staff
  • November 11, 2024 November 8, 2024
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2024 DC Investment Forum: Financial advice ‘paramount’ to DC plan members’ success as they save for, enter retirement

Canadian defined contribution plan members’ knowledge of target-date funds is lacking and it may point to a larger issue: the stakes set for member investment…

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CAP member outcomes continue to rise in Q3 2024: report

Despite declining annuity rates, Canadian capital accumulation plan members retiring at the end of September experienced some of the best outcomes in more than 13…

  • By: Staff
  • November 4, 2024 November 5, 2024
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Amazon Canada’s new estate planning benefit key to financial wellness win

Amazon Canada’s commitment to unique financial wellness offerings led to a win at Benefits Canada‘s 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards on Oct. 18. The technology company was…

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2024 Risk Management Conference: TTC Pension Plan using due diligence, storytelling to communicate risk analyses to board

When communicating risk management posturing to executive boards, it’s important for pension plan sponsors to tell a cohesive and fulsome story, said Danny Ip, director of investment…

2024 Risk Management Conference: Panel: Expanding access to DB pension plans best way to maintain sustainability

Longevity risk is still among the top concerns keeping defined benefit pension plan sponsors up at night. While a 62-year-old person that retired in 2002…

2024 Top 50 DC Plans Report: How are plan sponsors using AI to affect pension member experience, savings outcomes?

The Co-operative Superannuation Society Pension Plan is in the middle of a years-long digital transformation that’s aiming to improve member experience. In addition to introducing…

2024 CAP Member Survey: How CAPs are supporting employee financial wellness amid growing economic uncertainty

From 2016 to 2024, fewer plan members are confident they’ve saved enough for retirement. Indeed, Benefits Canada’s 2024 CAP Member Survey found plan members’ optimism…

  • By: Blake Wolfe
  • September 13, 2024 October 7, 2024
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How plan sponsors can support employees going through a divorce

Going through a divorce can be an extremely stressful and emotional experience and, unsurprisingly, the impacts can spill into the workplace. “[Employees may be] at…

  • By: Kelsey Rolfe
  • September 13, 2024 September 12, 2024
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2024 Top 100 Pension Funds report: Employees’ financial wellness moving up the agenda for pension plan sponsors

When Phillip Kotanidis took over as chief human resources officer at Toronto’s Michael Garron Hospital in 2018, the financial well-being of staff wasn’t exactly high…

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Saskatchewan arbitrator sides with Canadian Blood Services in pension contributions case

A Saskatchewan arbitrator has ruled that Canadian Blood Services doesn’t owe an employee eight years of retroactive pension contributions because it took the proper steps…

How DC plan sponsors can support women’s financial confidence

While women are increasingly becoming primary income earners, few women manage their own finances as they near retirement, said Elisha Ribeiro, national sales director for…

AI can enhance DC pension communication, employee experience

Employers can leverage artificial intelligence to enhance the employee experience, including improvements to defined contribution pension communication, said John Bradley, director of emerging technologies at…

A look at the Australian Retirement Trust’s approach to decumulation

Inspired by the University of British Columbia’s variable payment lifetime annuity option, the Australian Retirement Trust is taking a similar approach to decumulation, which, in…

Association of Ontario Midwives Benefits Trust supporting employees with financial literacy, DC plan options

Financial literacy initiatives and a wide range of capital accumulation plan options are key components in supporting the financial health of midwives, said Nicole Mellin,…

Just a third of U.K pension plan members feel they’ve saved enough to retire: survey

Only a third (31 per cent) of U.K. pension plan members say they have sufficient retirement savings, down slightly from 32 per cent in 2022,…

  • By: Staff
  • April 26, 2024 April 25, 2024
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Ontario court sides with IBM in pension benefits rectification case

An Ontario Superior Court ruling that allowed IBM Canada Ltd. to retrospectively rectify drafting errors that created unintended additional pension benefits for employees on disability…