derisking – 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 Expert panel: Inflation risk — to hedge or not to hedge? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/pensions/defined-benefit-pensions/expert-panel-inflation-risk-to-hedge-or-not-to-hedge/ Thu, 25 Nov 2021 17:30:10 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=112105 With October inflation hitting an 18-year high, inflation risk is back on the radar of plan sponsors providing inflation-linked defined benefit pensions. In the past, it’s been challenging to hedge inflation risk. Fortunately, more efficient solutions have emerged over the last several years. What is inflation risk? For a plan that provides inflation-linked benefits, inflation […]

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]]> Funding status down, alternative investments up among DB pension plans: survey https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/funding-status-down-alternative-investments-up-among-db-pension-plans-survey/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:00:53 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=95602 The funding status and confidence of Canadian defined benefit pension plans declined in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic and a low interest-rate environment, according to a new survey from RBC Investor & Treasury Services. It found among 122 respondents, 50 per cent reported their plans were fully funded on a going-concern basis, down significantly from […]

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]]> U.S. DB plans looking to de-risk over next decade https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/u-s-db-plans-looking-to-de-risk-over-next-decade/ Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:41:25 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/u-s-db-plans-looking-to-de-risk-over-next-decade/ While 2018 was a strong year for de-risking among U.S. defined benefit plans sponsors, a significant portion of the more than $3 trillion in DB plan liabilities that have yet to be de-risked are expected to go through the risk transfer pipeline over the next 10 years, according to MetLife’s 2019 pension risk transfer poll. The poll […]

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]]> DB buyouts expected to grow https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/db-buyouts-expected-to-grow-2/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:26:20 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/db-buyouts-expected-to-grow-2/ Demand grows as firms look to shed pension liabilities.

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]]> Pension Peace of Mind https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/pension-peace-of-mind/ Tue, 17 Dec 2013 09:05:57 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/pension-peace-of-mind/ Coverage of the 2013 Risk Management Conference

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]]> De-Risking: A Tale of Two Plans https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/de-risking-a-tale-of-two-plans/ Tue, 19 Nov 2013 03:05:12 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/de-risking-a-tale-of-two-plans/ Coverage of the 2013 Risk Management Conference

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]]> What If Nothing is Risk Free? https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/research-markets/what-if-nothing-is-risk-free/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:24:11 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/what-if-nothing-is-risk-free/ What to do when no default free entities exist.

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