pension regulation – 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for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 FSRA seeking input on draft guidance for communication of pension enforcement actions https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/pensions/governance-law/fsra-seeking-input-on-draft-guidance-for-communication-of-pension-enforcement-actions/ Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:05:16 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=105637 The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario is seeking feedback on proposed guidance detailing how and when it publishes information about enforcement proceedings and investigations, including those related to pension plans and administrators. According to the draft guidance, this includes the use of news releases and public postings of enforcement actions on the FSRA’s website […]

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]]> FSRA seeking input on draft guidance for DB pension asset transfers https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/pensions/defined-benefit-pensions/fsra-seeking-input-on-draft-guidance-for-db-pension-asset-transfers/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 05:40:26 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/fsra-seeking-input-on-draft-guidance-for-db-pension-asset-transfers/ The Financial Services Regulatory Authority is seeking stakeholder input on draft guidance on providing consent for asset transfer transactions under the Pension Benefits Act. Aiming to support predictability and transparency for defined benefit plan administrators, sponsors and members and to protect of the rights of members, the guidance sets out how the FSRA will exercise […]

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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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]]> FSRA to appoint new technical advisory committees on pension issues https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/db-investments/fsra-to-appoint-new-technical-advisory-committees-on-pension-issues/ Tue, 23 Jul 2019 06:12:26 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/fsra-to-appoint-new-technical-advisory-committees-on-pension-issues/ The Financial Services Regulatory Authority is creating three new technical advisory committees, which will provide advice and feedback to the regulator on pension sector related matters and will form part of its stakeholder engagement process going forward. The aim is to improve processes and approaches to regulation and reduce regulatory burden, noted a press release. […]

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]]> Ontario could scrap solvency-funding requirement https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/ontario-could-scrap-solvency-funding-requirement/ Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:03:51 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/ontario-could-scrap-solvency-funding-requirement/ Proposals on the table to revamp DB pension rules.

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