Employees’ retirement plans are affected by how long they stay in the workforce. Whether or not they work past 65 often depends on government policy,…
Public pension plans have received flak over the years, with critics calling for greater transparency around liabilities and fairness for taxpayers. The Canadian Federation of…
The coming retirement of the baby-boomer generation will have a hefty impact on Canada’s old-age security program, according to the latest actuarial report by the Office…
The parent company of Northstar Aerospace Inc. is rejecting as accusation that it has abandoned pensioners who are facing a 24 per cent cut as…
A consultant’s role was historically a passive one, says Martin Leclair, who recently left a role at Toronto-based consulting firm Proteus Performance Management. The consultant’s…
La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has posted a return of five per cent for the first half of 2017 and a five-year…
An 18-month strike by staff at the Halifax Chronicle Herald is over after the paper and unionized workers reached an agreement that provides for an eight-year employment…
Unifor members from Northstar Aerospace’s Milton, Ont., operations are occupying the plant and halting production in a dispute over a 24 per cent shortfall in staff…
The Canadian dollar has risen dramatically since the beginning of May, which could have harsh implications for overseas assets held by Canadian pension funds. “Given…
Retirement is a notion fraught with paradox. For some, it resonates with the possibility of finally having more time to do, well, just about anything.…
The federal government’s difficulties with its problem-plagued Phoenix pay system are now affecting pension plan members who won’t be receiving their pension and insurance benefits statements this year…
The Alberta Pensions Services Corp. will have a new leader this month when Darwin Bozek takes on the role of president and chief executive officer.…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is boosting its intellectual property portfolio by purchasing royalty rights to a cancer drug. CPPIB Credit Europe, a wholly owned…
Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. and its unionized employees at the company’s aluminum smelter in Kitimat, B.C. signed a tentative contract on Tuesday night, narrowly averting…
Smartphones, touch screens and voice-assisted technologies like Siri and Alexa are transforming our lives. As people rely more on machines to help manage their daily…
Canada is facing a $13.4-trillion retirement savings deficit by 2050, up from a $2.7-trillion shortfall in 2015, according to a new report by Mercer. Among all…
Despite all of the worries over costs, more than half of employers surveyed by Benefits Canada expect benefits to be more generous 20 years from now.…
“Indexing has its place, but an open-ended commitment at taxpayers’ expense is totally out of the question, particularly when the private sector cannot afford to…
As part of its celebration of its 40th anniversary, Benefits Canada followed up on research undertaken five years ago into plan sponsors’ attitudes towards their…
The average retirement savings of women in the United States is one-third lower than the savings of their male counterparts, according to a new study…
One-fifth (21 per cent) of working age Canadians believe public pensions will no longer exist when they reach retirement, according to a new report by…
Girls are “made of sugar and spice and everything nice — and gunpowder and Cubans and bourbon, no ice.” So sang Columbia Business School students…
Daniel Derksen was, by all accounts, the model of perfect health. Then one day, he complained about stomach pains and went to see a doctor.…
Defined contribution pension plans in Canada are maturing quickly and becoming more sophisticated. Contributions and plan assets continue to grow, investment options are evolving and…
The pension and benefits industry often talks about flexibility and customization of plans, but how many companies are actually changing their offerings to introduce those…