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- ‘Material IT risk’ reporting requirement for Ontario pension plans goes live April 1, 2024
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has published its Information Technology (IT) Risk Management Guidance (the Guidance), with an effective date of April 1, 2024. The Guidance will apply to administrators of all pension plans registered in Ontario (as well as other sectors … Read more »
- Osler’s Andrea Boctor and Jon Wypych advised PRI on its Canadian Legal Framework for Impact
On February 13, 2023 the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEPFI) and the Generation Foundation, released the Canada Legal Framework for Impact policy report (the Canadian LFI Report). The PRI is the world’s … Read more »
- Are pension plan administrators legally required to consider climate change?
According to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s latest report, the science is now settled that human behaviour is the cause of climate change and it will have profound effects on our economy and natural world. In this episode of Osler’s ESG Explorer Podcast, Andrea Bocto … Read more »
- CAPSA releases draft guidelines on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations in pension plan management
On June 9, 2022, the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities (CAPSA) released for consultation a draft guideline titled CAPSA Guideline: Environmental, Social and Governance Considerations in Pension Plan Management (the Draft Guidelines).[1] The Draft Guidelines outline how pension … Read more »
- With rising interest rates, you may have a pension surplus and available options
With rising interest rates, companies with defined benefit (DB) pension plans may find themselves in the enviable position of having a large pension surplus. The reason for this, in short, is that DB pension plans have spent the past decade working to offset the impact of low interest rates. Lower i … Read more »