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What's New in Pensions & Benefits

  • March 16, 2018
  • Evan Shapiro and Michelle Rival

FSCO's new targeted review, Quarterly Update, and Pension Assessments, a new case about limitation periods and pension claims, and more...

Pensions and Benefits Law, Student Forum

What's New in Pensions & Benefits

  • February 07, 2018
  • Evan Shapiro and Michelle Rival

Proposed changes to the PBGF, CAPSA Remittance of Contribution Notification Checklist, CAPSA Governance Self-Assessment Questionnaire, and the Court orders 50% of a spousal pre-retirement death benefit be paid to the estate and assigned to an adult dependent child.

Pensions and Benefits Law

What's New in Pensions & Benefits

  • January 08, 2018
  • Evan Shapiro and Michelle Rival

New regulatory proposals regarding the new defined benefit funding regime and annuity purchase discharge rules, Bill 148 and Bill 177 receive Royal Assent, FSCO targeted reviews, and more...

Pensions and Benefits Law

What's New in Pensions and Benefits

  • December 19, 2017
  • Evan Shapiro and Michelle Rival

The Superintendent of Financial Services' power to levy AMPs to come into play January 1, 2018, JSPP funding requirement exemptions are extended, new rules on annuity purchases and the timing of PBGF payments, and three new broader public sector plans are approved for stage 2 solvency funding relief, and more...

Pensions and Benefits Law

What's New in Pensions & Benefits

  • November 28, 2017
  • Evan Shapiro and Michelle Rival

New rules on wind up annuity purchases and PBGF payments, new and revised guidance from FSCO on SIPPs and ESG factors, and a proposal to exempt PRPPs from the prohibition on age discrimination...

Pensions and Benefits Law

What's New in Pensions & Benefits

  • October 27, 2017
  • Evan Shapiro and Michelle Rival

Administrative Monetary Penalties regulations, FSCO policies on missing beneficiaries and waivers of statements for missing former and retired members, FSCO guidance on the recently amended definition of 'spouse', proposed amendments to JSPP funding regulations, and more...

Pensions and Benefits Law, Student Forum

What's New in Pensions and Benefits

  • September 13, 2017
  • Evan Shapiro and Michelle Rival

A regulatory proposal on wind up annuity purchases and timing of PBGF payments, employment standards changes, amendments to the rules on broader public sector JSPP mergers, and more...

Pensions and Benefits Law

What's New in Pensions & Benefits

  • August 08, 2017
  • Evan Shapiro and Michelle Rival

The new Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) legislation and the Pension Benefits Act provisions giving the Superintendent authority to require an off-cycle actuarial reports come into force, further changes to the regulations regarding conversions and mergers of SEPPs to JSPPs, a consultation paper from CAPSA on new funding and asset allocation rules under a future multi-jurisdictional agreement, and more...

Pensions and Benefits Law

Elizabeth Brown's OBA Award of Excellence Acceptance Speech

  • July 06, 2017
  • Elizabeth M. Brown

The 2017 recipient of the OBA Award of Excellence in Pensions and Benefits Law provides some words of wisdom gleaned from her years of experience. This is an excerpt of the speech Elizabeth Brown gave at the award dinner on June 14, 2017.

Pensions and Benefits Law

Pension Regulation - What's New in June

  • July 06, 2017
  • Evan Shapiro and Michelle Rival

New FAQs on the temporary solvency funding relief measures, a new interim relief measure, final regulations setting out when the Superintendent may require a valuation report, a new funding framework for Target Benefit MEPPs, and draft regulations regarding mergers of SEPPs with JSPPs.

Pensions and Benefits Law