CAAT – 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 CAAT leverages risk management to outperform in 2020 https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/caat-leverages-risk-management-to-outperform-in-2020/ Fri, 13 Aug 2021 12:53:28 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=105172 At the end of 2020, a year of exceptionally volatile and unpredictable markets due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan was 119 per cent funded with $3.3 billion in funding reserves and its assets had grown to $15.8 billion from $13.5 billion on Jan. 1, 2020. “In the heart […]

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]]> CAAT DBplus pension welcoming more members of Canadian legal community https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/pensions/defined-benefit-pensions/caat-dbplus-pension-welcoming-more-members-of-canadian-legal-community/ Tue, 20 Jul 2021 13:00:16 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=104211 The College of Applied Arts and Technology’s DBplus pension plan is welcoming more members of Canada’s legal community through an affinity agreement between the pension and the Canadian Bar Insurance Association. According to a press release from the CAAT, employees from 42 smaller law firms joined the DBplus plan in the first six months of […]

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]]> CAAT sees funded status rise slightly, lowers discount rate https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/caats-funding-reserves-up-as-it-allocates-reserves-lowers-discount-rate/ Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:00:29 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=95355 The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology’s pension plan is currently 119-per cent funded on a going-concern basis with a funding reserve of $3.3 billion, based on its latest actuarial valuation as of Jan. 1, 2021. That’s up from 2019, when the pension plan was 118-per cent funded on a going-concern basis with a $2.9 […]

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]]> Pension plans’ 2020 financial results impacted by coronavirus pandemic https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/pension-plans-2020-financial-results-varying-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 05:00:13 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=95345 Canada’s largest pension plans are reporting mixed financial results from a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic. The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec reported a 7.7 per cent return on its depositors’ funds in 2020, representing $24.8 billion in investment results. As at Dec. 31, 2020, the Caisse’s net assets totalled $365.5 billion, up […]

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]]> Sanofi joining CAAT’s DBplus pension https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/pensions/defined-benefit-pensions/sanofi-joining-caats-dbplus-pension/ Fri, 12 Feb 2021 05:00:17 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/?p=93885 Two unions representing nearly 1,000 employees of Sanofi Canada are joining the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology’s DBplus pension plan. Both Unifor Local 1701 and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 772 will join the plan effective April 1, according to a press release, which noted the company is joining the multi-employer plan […]

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]]> Municipal Benchmarking Network Canada launching pension plan, joining CAAT’s DBplus https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/municipal-benchmarking-network-canada-launching-pension-plan-joining-caats-dbplus/ Mon, 07 Dec 2020 11:00:47 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/municipal-benchmarking-network-canada-launching-pension-plan-joining-caats-dbplus/ The Municipal Benchmarking Network Canada is the latest organization joining the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology’s DBplus pension plan. The benchmarking collaborative, formerly known as Ontario Municipal Benchmarking Initiative, established itself as an employer earlier this year and is now providing its employees with CAAT’s defined benefit pension plan retroactive to Oct. 1, 2020, said a […]

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]]> Announcing the winners of the Pension Leadership Awards https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/events/conferences/announcing-the-winners-of-the-pension-leadership-awards/ Thu, 03 Dec 2020 09:12:30 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/announcing-the-winners-of-the-pension-leadership-awards/ Pension investments are a key component of ensuring secure benefits for plan members upon their retirement. To celebrate the plan sponsors and pension investors who work hard to ensure strong investment outcomes, the first-ever Pension Leadership Awards recognized winners across several categories. Congratulations to all the winners. You can view highlights about the winners below: […]

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]]> CAAT looks to AI, machine learning https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/events/conferences/caat-looks-to-ai-machine-learning/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:56:41 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/caat-looks-to-ai-machine-learning/ The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Pension Plan is betting that artificial intelligence and machine learning will play a role in pension administration going forward. “I won’t pretend that we’re Netflix or Tesla in this, but we are [taking] small steps today so we can take advantage of these advances of technology into the […]

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]]> NL’s College of Physicians and Surgeons latest employer to join DBplus pension https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/nls-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-latest-employer-to-join-dbplus-pension/ Thu, 19 Nov 2020 05:00:08 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/nls-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-latest-employer-to-join-dbplus-pension/ The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador is the latest employer to join the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan’s DBplus. The college’s 14 employees were contributing to a defined contribution arrangement before joining the plan on Nov. 1. The individual employees have the option to convert their DC accounts […]

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]]> NL’s College of Physicians and Surgeons latest employer to join DBplus pension https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/nls-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-latest-employer-to-join-dbplus-pension-2/ Wed, 18 Nov 2020 11:00:06 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/nls-college-of-physicians-and-surgeons-latest-employer-to-join-dbplus-pension-2/ The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador is the latest employer to join the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan’s DBplus. The college’s 14 employees were contributing to a defined contribution arrangement before joining the plan on Nov. 1. The individual employees have the option to convert their DC accounts […]

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