Sentences with phrase «canadian private pension plans»

As is the case in the U.S., Canadian private pension plans and other retirement savings vehicles are also highly invested in equities.

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

Not exact matches

It has received funding from the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, which will buy about US$ 500 million of the equity, and Canadian private equity firm West Face Capital, which will buy US$ 250 million of the new HBC equity.

Wiseman cautioned that the CPPIB — despite its large size in Canadian terms — competes against much bigger investors in the global market such as private equity funds, sovereign wealth funds and other public pension plans that are also on the hunt for similar types of investments.

It has received commitments from the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, which will buy about US$ 500 million of the equity, and Canadian private equity firm West Face Capital, which will buy US$ 250 million of the new HBC equity.

TORONTO / NEW YORK (Reuters)- Canadian pension plan Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has been talking with major U.S. and Canadian private equity firms about selling land registry company Teranet in a deal that could fetch about C$ 3 billion ($ 2.4 billion), according to people familiar with the situation.

Better planning for retirement security: A universal pension plan for Canadians who have no retirement savings or access to private pensions, plus bigger adjustments to OAS, CPP, and GIS for those on low incomes.

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.

Pooled Registered Pension Plans will be government - regulated, private - sector funds aimed at the more than 60 per cent of Canadians who are not saving for retirement via a workplace pension and payroll deduPension Plans will be government - regulated, private - sector funds aimed at the more than 60 per cent of Canadians who are not saving for retirement via a workplace pension and payroll dedupension and payroll deductions.

«We will adjust these pension plans to be more in line with those available to Canadians working in the private sector,» Flaherty said.

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.»

Notable mandates: Successfully represented Toronto mayor Rob Ford in a libel and defamation action; representing former Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj in litigation proceeding contesting election in Etobicoke Centre; acting on the establishment of a large residential real estate private equity fund; a complex reorganization of an existing real estate private equity fund into private REIT, the investors in which include several of Canada's largest pension plans and mutual funds; acted for the purchaser in excess of 230 quick service restaurants in Ontario, B.C., and Quebec; acted for management in a proxy dispute involving an interlisted TSX and ASX company, involving various interest holders in several international jurisdictions; represented Pharmascience Inc. at Federal Court of Canada; represented clients such as Apotex Inc. in trademark dispute; represented Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association in matters before the Trademark Opposition Board.