Articles 2022

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

A new funding framework for defined benefit plans, the final report from the Expert Committee to Consider Financial Advisory and Financial Planning Policy Alternatives, the new Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017, and the passing of Ontario's 2017 Budget bill.

The 2017 Ontario budget, proposed regulations regarding the Superintendent's power to levy Administrative Monetary Penalties, FSCO's 2016 DB Funding Report, new PRPP forms, and CRA's Registered Plans Directorate's 2016 Practitioner's Forum Summary Report