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Raising the bar: updated Capital Accumulation Plan Guidelines increase plan sponsor obligations

Plan sponsors of defined contribution retirement and/or savings plans should consider an independent review of their plan for compliance with revised...

‘Material IT risk’ reporting requirement for Ontario pension plans goes live April 1, 2024

Ontario's Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) finalizes its guidance on IT risk management for pension plan administrators and other...

Bill C-228: What secured parties need to know

Bill C-228, known as the “Pension Protection Act” (the PPA) received Royal Assent in April 2023 and is now law.

Are pension plan administrators legally required to consider climate change?

According to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report, the science is now settled that human behaviour is...

CAPSA releases draft guidelines on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations in pension plan management

On June 9, 2022, the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities (CAPSA) released for consultation a draft guideline titled CAPSA...

With rising interest rates, you may have a pension surplus and available options

An Osler blog looks at how rising interest rates may lead some companies with defined benefit pension plans to be in the enviable position of having...

Understanding TCFD from a pension plan perspective

On December 4, 2015, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) established the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The TCFD...

Osler’s Annual Pensions & Benefits Seminar – Geo-Political Risk Management in a Changing World

Join Osler’s Pension & Benefits Group for our annual discussion on hot topics and recent developments facing Canadian pension plan sponsors and...

FSRA proposes interpretation level guidance on Pension Benefits Guarantee Fund assessment calculations and deadlines

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has proposed guidance on  acceptable valuation dates and for deadlines for...