While Ontario’s proposed solvency changes for defined benefit pension plans may help plan sponsors with funding obligations, they may put plan members in a more precarious position, says Michael Mazzuca, a partner in the pension and employee benefits group at Koskie Minsky LLP in Toronto. “There’s obviously a suggestion that, in addition to the emphasis on going […]
The deficit racked up by the U.S. federal agency that insures pensions for about 40 million Americans has increased 23% to $76.4 billion over the past year. The agency’s program for so-called multi-employer pension plans continues to account for a large share of the deficit, $52.3 billion. Multi-employer plans are pension agreements between labour unions […]
What keeps MEPP decision-makers up at night?
Multi-employer pension plans (MEPPs) in the United States have a strong future, according to a report.
The Musicians’ Pension Fund of Canada has launched a new administration system for its pension.
Ontario has extended the solvency funding exemption for specified Ontario multi-employer pension plans (SOMEPPs) to 2017. The exemptions were previously set to expire in September of this year.
The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) has announced changes to the new Pension Benefits Act grow-in rules, providing an opt-out provision for jointly sponsored pension plans (JSPPs) and multi-employer pension plans (MEPPs).
The U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-09, Compensation—Retirement Benefits—Multiemployer Plans (Subtopic 715-80): Disclosures about an Employer’s Participation in a Multiemployer Plan. The update is intended to guide employers in providing more information about their financial obligations to multiemployer pension plans (MEPPs). MEPPs are commonly used by an employer […]
Currently, only four out of every 10 Canadians are covered by a pension plan other than CPP or QPP. Employers often don’t like DB plans because they’re too risky. Employees will take anything they can get but would normally prefer DB plans. How do we resolve this conflict and increase pension plan coverage in Canada? […]