DB pension plan – 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 Top 5 HR, pension and benefits stories of the week https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/top-5-hr-pension-and-benefits-stories-of-the-week-8/ Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:05:17 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=111923 A story looking at dynamic pension pools as a decumulation option took the top spot over the past week on BenefitsCanada.com. Here are the five most popular news stories of the week: 1. Dynamic pension pools a viable decumulation option for Canadians: report 2. Employers see retirement benefits as top attraction, retention tool: survey 3. Employers enforcing rules for […]

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]]> Vale mine workers in Sudbury striking over cuts to drug coverage, retiree health benefits https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/vale-mine-workers-in-sudbury-striking-over-cuts-to-drug-coverage-retiree-health-benefits/ Fri, 09 Jul 2021 13:00:38 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=103583 More than 2,000 workers at a Vale nickel mine in Sudbury, Ont., are continuing their strike after their union, United Steelworkers Local 6500, rejected the company’s five-year contract proposal, which cuts health and medical benefits for existing and future employees. The June 14 offer was Vale’s second since the workers went on strike June 1, […]

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]]> Canada’s DB pension plans post 9.2% return in 2020 https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/canadas-db-pension-plans-post-9-2-return-in-2020/ Tue, 02 Feb 2021 05:06:06 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/canadas-db-pension-plans-post-9-2-return-in-2020/ Despite market uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic and a turbulent U.S. presidential election cycle, Canadian defined benefit pension plans ended the year with near double-digit gains, according to a report by the RBC’s Investor & Treasury Services. Amid the once-in-a-century crisis, market returns in 2020 for retirement assets were 9.2 per cent, noted the […]

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]]> ‘The rules of the game are changing’: DB pension plans and climate scenario risk analysis https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/events/conferences/the-rules-of-the-game-are-changing-db-pension-plans-and-climate-scenario-risk-analysis/ Wed, 16 Dec 2020 05:35:17 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/the-rules-of-the-game-are-changing-db-pension-plans-and-climate-scenario-risk-analysis/ Defined benefit plan sponsors are undoubtedly familiar with scenario risk analysis, but applying that concept to their portfolio’s climate risk is a whole new ballgame. But plan sponsors will need to use these risk analyses to get a handle on how exposed they are to climate change risks and opportunities decades into the future, said […]

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