Read BPM's highlighted coverage of key topics from September
Every month, Benefits and Pensions Monitor will produce a series of articles on a theme affecting Canadian plan sponsors and institutional investors. For September, we focused on defined benefit (DB) plans. DB plans were the traditional pension plan model before defined contribution (DC) plans became widespread in the early 2000s. However, many pension plans still operate under a DB model.
Complacency is threatening well-funded Canadian DB plans: experts - Pension experts believe well-funded status carries a risk of its own and plan sponsors may not see it coming
Defined benefit plans aren't broken, access is, says OMERS - Having pension access is better than none, argues Celine Chiovitti
DB plan sponsors are engaged, not complacent, says Eckler - What makes an effective surplus strategy? Eckler weighs in
Interest rate uncertainty threatens DB pension surplus positions - RPIA's Zachary Barsky explains how monetary policy impacts DB pension liabilities
