Murta's Actuarial Blog

Sadly, the Nortel pension plan is being wound up. Retirees will get 59% to 70% of their full entitlement – depending upon their provinc...

In a recent issue of The Actuary , an article titled "Retirement Security" tackles the risks of retirement and how those risks imp...

These are happy days for insurers and trust companies. On December 20, 2010 Canada's Finance Ministers have decided to introduce a priva...

The Wednesday, November 24, 2010 Daily News Alerts of Pension and Benefits Monitor reported on the Target Benefit Alternative To DC. "D...

On October 1, 2010, Judy Sgro (York West) introduced a Private Members Bill titled “An Act to promote and strengthen the Canadian retiremen...

Over the past several years there has been a growing demand for "innovation" in retirement savings and pension plans. As the priva...

In a strange twist the Statistical Society of Canada has launched a petition to bring back the mandatory long-form census. Strange, because ...