British Columbia – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Two B.C. employers join CAAT’s DBplus pension https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/two-b-c-employers-join-caats-dbplus-pension/ Fri, 16 Oct 2020 03:41:29 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/two-b-c-employers-join-caats-dbplus-pension/ Two employers from British Columbia’s not-for-profit sector are joining the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan’s DBplus. Effective Oct. 1, 53 full-time and six part-time staff at the Vancouver Foundation and four full-time and two part-time employees at the British Columbia Unclaimed Property Society became members of the defined benefit pension plan. “We […]

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]]> ACPM calls for CAP automatic enrolment and escalation features in Ontario https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/pensions/cap/acpm-calls-for-cap-automatic-enrolment-and-escalation-features-in-ontario/ Mon, 20 Jul 2020 05:22:05 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/acpm-calls-for-cap-automatic-enrolment-and-escalation-features-in-ontario/ The Association of Canadian Pension Management is calling on the Ontario government to consider amending the Employment Standards Act and the Pension Benefits Act to allow for auto-enrolment and auto-escalation features in capital accumulation plans. Specifically, it would like the government to allow employers to automatically deduct employee contributions from payroll to facilitate these features. […]

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]]> PIAC calling for tighter link to asset allocation for PfAD in proposed B.C. pension solvency funding framework https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/piac-calling-for-tighter-link-to-asset-allocation-for-pfad-in-proposed-b-c-pension-solvency-funding-framework/ Fri, 20 Sep 2019 05:19:56 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/piac-calling-for-tighter-link-to-asset-allocation-for-pfad-in-proposed-b-c-pension-solvency-funding-framework/ While the Pension Investment Association of Canada is generally supportive of British Columbia’s proposed solvency funding framework, when it comes to requirements around funding the provision for adverse deviations, the organization is suggesting B.C. takes a page from Ontario and Quebec. With many governments across Canada looking to make defined benefit plans more sustainable, the […]

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]]> Should Pension Plans Invest in the Trans Mountain Expansion? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/morneau-compares-trans-mountain-pipeline-to-insurance-for-investors/ Wed, 30 May 2018 05:53:03 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/morneau-compares-trans-mountain-pipeline-to-insurance-for-investors/ Morneau compares pipeline to insurance for investors

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