16 results found for "guaranteed annual income"
Intelligence Memos
From: Barry Gros
To: Canada’s Pension Regulators
Date: March 23, 2022
Re: We Need to Align Regulation and Management of Target-Benefit Pension Plans
How should Canada regulate a target payment that is not guaranteed?
This question is seldom asked, let alone answered, when it comes to setting standards for regulating target-benefit pension plans (TBPs.)
Managing risk under…
Intelligence Memos
From: Lawrence Herman
To: Canadians Concerned About Trade
Date: February 25, 2022
Re: Alberta Breaks New Ground in its Keystone Appeal
Earlier this month, the Alberta government launched a NAFTA investment arbitration suit against the US, seeking $1.3 billion as compensation for President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline. TC Energy, the company behind…
Intelligence Memos
From: Barry Gros
To: Canada’s Pension Regulators
Date: September 12, 2022
Re: Standards Hinder the Proper Management of Target Benefit Pension Plans
The majority of single-employer defined-benefit (DB) pension plans in the private sector have been either closed to future accruals, completely converted to defined-contribution plans or wound up. Their influence lingers, however…
Intelligence Memos
From: Jeremy M. Kronick and William B.P. Robson
To: Business Leaders Concerned About Investment
Date: March 30, 2022
Re: House-Rich, Everything-Else-Poor
In the fall of 2020, barely noticed amid the stresses of COVID-19, Canada’s economy passed a peculiar milestone.
Residential investment surpassed all other business investment – more than for non-residential structures,…
Intelligence Memos
To: Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland
From: Alexandre Laurin
Date: April 5, 2022
Re: Pension-Related Tax Rule Changes for Budget 2022
Retirees and workers nearing retirement will be looking to tax-rule changes to improve retirement security in your budget on Thursday.
Policy attention to the decumulation phase of retirement savings can improve Canadians’ retirement and tax…
Intelligence Memos
To: Canadian Pension Plan Sponsors, Policymakers and Other Stakeholders
From: Idan Shlesinger, Michelle Loder, and Gavin Benjamin
Date: November 2, 2022
Re: Shift in Focus to Improve Retirement for Canadians
With innovations emerging to address the shortcomings of defined-contribution (DC) pension plans and Group Registered Retirement Savings Plans, it is time for these…
