Sentences with phrase «canadian defined benefit pension plan»

National Investment Roundtable Straight talk on the issues that concern Canadian defined benefit pension plan sponsors Spring 2016

TORONTO, May 15, 2017 - Building on a strong 2016 annual return of 6.8 per cent, Canadian defined benefit pension plans upheld the positive growth trend with Q1 2017 returns of 2.9 per cent, according to the $ 650 billion RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan Universe, the industry's most comprehensive universe of Canadian pension plans.

2017.05.15 Canadian pension returns post four consecutive quarters of gains: RBC Investor & Treasury Services Building on a strong 2016 annual return of 6.8 per cent, Canadian defined benefit pension plans upheld the positive growth trend with Q1 2017 returns of 2.9 per cent...

Building on a strong 2016 annual return of 6.8 per cent, Canadian defined benefit pension plans upheld the positive growth trend with Q1 2017 returns of 2.9 per cent...

According to a recent report from Aon Hewitt, the median solvency ratio of Canadian defined benefit pension plans hit a new post-recession high in the recently ended third quarter.

A recent report by Vertias Research on the state of Canadian defined benefit pension plans included a list of companies with pensions portfolios that are the most affected by low interest rates and market volatility.

Not exact matches

Late last year Toyota announced that beginning Jan. 1 new Canadian hires would be enrolled in a defined - contribution pension plan, not the more generous defined - benefit plan enjoyed by current full - time employees.

Saunders, the president of the Vancouver and District Labour Council, says that Canadian workers and their pensions are more exposed to risk during market trouble because of the successful campaign over the past decades to move from defined benefit pensions, which guarantee a certain monthly amount when you retire, to defined contribution plans, promoted by market enthusiasts.

«Twenty years ago,» said Saunders, «60 per cent of Canadian private pension plans were defined benefit.

The «All Plan Universe» currently tracks the performance and asset allocation of over $ 650 billion in assets under management across Canadian defined benefit (DB) pension plans, and is a widely - recognized performance benchmark indicator.

Within the $ 520 billion RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan universe — the industry's most comprehensive universe of Canadian pension plans — defined benefit (DB) pension assets returned 4.8 per cent during the three months ending March 31, 2014, bringing 12 month totals to 14.8 per cent.

According to the $ 520 billion RBC Investor & Treasury Services All Plan universe — the industry's most comprehensive universe of Canadian pension plans — defined benefit (DB) pension plans continued to generate positive returns for a sixth consecutive quarter, returning 2.7 per cent during the fourth quarter 2014 and bringing the annual return to 11.9 per cent.

Few Canadians outside the public sector enjoy good defined benefit pensions anymore, but many will by then have significant amounts in more modest employer - sponsored plans, or RRSPs and TFSAs.

While defined contribution plans are becoming the norm in the private sector, a fortunate minority of Canadians still enjoy what's known as a defined benefit pension plan.

I wonder if Canadian Pension Plans (defined contribution & defined benefit) as well as RRSP's have anything like this...

While the amount we're able to accumulate for retirement on tax - free basis in an RRSP is supposed to be equivalent to the amount of pension benefits that can be accrued under a defined benefit pension plan, the reality is that the «majority of Canadians who save for retirement in (RRSPs are) at a major disadvantage,» says a new report out this week from the C.D. Howe Institute.

Roughly 32 % of Canadians have a workplace pension plan, of which a smaller percentage have a defined benefit pension plan (versus defined contribution) which guarantees certain payouts in retirement.

Consider a typical Canadian couple who earned average incomes during their working lives and don't have a defined benefit pension plan.

This is doubly so because, as Machin also pointed out, the general climate of retirement pessimism is exasperated by the fact «private sector defined benefit pension plans have virtually disappeared from the Canadian retirement landscape.»

DBRS, the Canadian - owned bond rating agency, has seen the numbers following an investigation of 461 defined benefit pension plans in Canada, the U.S., Japan and Europe and is mightily concerned.