Pension Posts

Plan sponsors worry about pensions: poll

December 4, 2009

This article was published in the Financial Post November 23rd 2009 Click here to go to the Financial Post ...

CanWest pensioners’ lives in limbo

December 3, 2009

This article was published in the Globe and Mail Monday November 30th 2009 Click here to go to the Globe and Mail ...

Retirement plans go boom

December 1, 2009

It's been dubbed the "Silver Tsunami." In truth, though, it's more like a tidal wave of Grecian Formula and Botox. Far ...

Reforms tweak DB pensions but may push more employers to DC plans; do little to help those with no plans at all

November 2, 2009

While Ottawa's five-pronged proposed reform of the pension system is welcome as far as it goes, the focus is mostly on ...

CARP Retirement Poll, September 14th 2009

September 28, 2009

Members were asked what kind of retirement provisions they have. The majority of our members are retired (81%), and ...

Pre-Election Poll Report: September 14th 2009

September 28, 2009

CARP’s Poll could have predicted that the Opposition would bail. Responses to the September 14th CARP ...

CARP to meet with Kennedy today

September 25, 2009

A seniors advocacy group wants the province to invest some of its offshore oil revenue into a new universal pension ...

Nortel Pensions and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act Amendment Fall 2009 Update

September 11, 2009

CARP has called for changes to better ensure the solvency of pension funds such as a prohibition on contribution ...

Malcolm Hamilton elaborates on retroactive TFSA mechanics

August 7, 2009

Actuary Malcolm Hamilton, worldwide partner with pension consultants Mercer's, has elaborated on the mechanics of how ...

Coming back from the brink: The case for making TFSA contribution room retroactive

August 7, 2009

Canada's foremost pension actuary, Mercer's Malcolm Hamilton, says those whose RRSPs were devastated by the 2008 market ...