The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Quebec’s Caisse de depot are among institutional investors seeking greater transparency from three of the world’s biggest mining…
A special group assigned to help deal with a massive backlog of appeals around employment insurance and other social security benefits isn’t winding down anytime…
Sun Life Financial has launched a digital enrolment tool that aims to simplify the way Canadians save for retirement at work. The tool, MAX my…
Since most employer-sponsored plans allow employees to save painlessly through payroll deductions – often with a top-up from the company – the money is invested automatically and…
More than half (54%) of Canadians are making saving for the long term, including retirement, their primary financial priority, according to a new survey. The…
Employers need to prepare for a new normal in their pension plans as the economy continues to lag and people are living longer, Mercer’s Jean-Philippe…
An investment arm of one of Canada’s large public-sector pension funds says it has agreed to buy a 24.15% stake in Spain’s largest operator of oil…
Morneau Shepell maintains a database that covers literally all of the defined benefit (DB) pension plans for which the firm performs a funding valuation. The database contains…
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) has announced it will acquire a minority stake in the holding company of DFG Investment Advisors, a New-York based asset management…
The Canadian Armed Forces has admitted that reservists are waiting too long to receive their first pension cheques because the HR processes at National Defence…
Another year has passed, and once again the Nova Scotia Health Employees’ Pension Plan won and my personal RRSP lost. I’m talking about the annual investment return…
Plan sponsor Nyhart Actuary and Employee Benefits (Nyhart) has re-enrolled its employees into Russell Adaptive Retirement Accounts, developed by global asset manager Russell Investments. Russell…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is committing an additional US$1 billion to logistics investments in China. The funds will be allocated to the…
The Conference Board of Canada says the proposed Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) will mean long-term increases in income that offset the small negative effect…
A new report by Statistics Canada says automatic increases in registered pension plans are most helpful to people who don’t save much in registered retirement…
A federal-provincial gathering of finance ministers reached rare consensus Monday on the polarizing subject of Canada Pension Plan (CPP) reform—they agreed to keep debating it.…
In our collective search for ways to offer retirement income security while maintaining contribution stability, jointly-sponsored pension plans (JSPPs), target benefit plans (TBPs) and shared…
As Finance Minister Bill Morneau meets with his provincial and territorial counterparts in Ottawa this weekend, it is expected that the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)…
The new Liberal government in Newfoundland and Labrador is dropping an effort to collect on pension overpayments to more than 400 people. The pensioners had…
Benefits Canada magazine exists, at least in part, to inform the benefits and retirement services community—consultants, advisors, providers and, most important, employers—about key issues affecting…
Asian countries are aging faster than has been seen anywhere else in the world, and they need to urgently reform pension systems and encourage more…
Pension systems remain under strain in many countries amid slow economic growth and moves by governments to shore up financial stability in the wake of…
Canada has climbed out of the recession that nudged the economy into reverse over the first half of 2015, but a rebound in growth during…
If a Buddhist monk moved out into the secular world, he’d be leading a life similar to the one Mr. Money Moustache (MMM) leads. Now…
Murray Gold, managing partner at Koskie Minsky LLP, has been appointed as a member of the initial board of directors for the Ontario Retirement Pension…