Pensions

Tax News

When a pension isn’t a pension

Make sure clients’ retirement funds are taxed properly

By Jamie Golombek |March 24, 2017

4 min read

Industry

More pension plans using target-date funds as default option

Target-date funds continue to be the most common default investment option offered to members of workplace capital accumulation plans, according to new research by the Canadian Institutional Investment Network and Great-West Life Assurance Co. The 2016 CAP Benchmark Report found 50% of defined contribution plan sponsors and 51% of group registered retirement savings plan sponsors […]

By Jennifer Paterson, Benefits Canada |February 15, 2017

3 min read

Industry

Canadian equities lifted DB pension returns in 2016

Canadian defined benefit pension plans closed out 2016 with an annual return of 6.8%, up from 5.4% in 2015.

By Staff |February 7, 2017

2 min read

Tax Strategies

Commute this pension or not? Part 2

How a change in client circumstances changes the answer.

By Carol Bezaire |February 3, 2017

2 min read

Canada’s retirement system gets a B from global pension index

This story was originally published by Benefits Canada. Canada’s retirement system maintained its score of a B on the 2016 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, indicating a sound structure, many good features and some areas of improvement. To improve, Canada could develop a product for employees without a workplace pension plan, increase savings levels for […]

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Pensions

When a pension isn’t a pension

More pension plans using target-date funds as default option

Canadian equities lifted DB pension returns in 2016

Commute this pension or not? Part 2

Lessons learned from the ABCP crisis

How Ontario’s new financial regulator will affect pensions

Ontario to introduce legislation to create financial regulator

CRA sets 2017 maximum pensionable earnings

Canada’s retirement system gets a B from global pension index

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