Canada

Jay Cooper explores the myriad ways Canadian pension funds are implementing de-risking strategies

A new DC plan meant to cover the self-employed and those at small companies could eat away profits of other DC managers, as Jay Cooper reports

Canada's C$151.7bn Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec endured turbulent times during the credit crisis leading to chief executive officer Michael Sabia announcing a stronger risk management ethos to investment strategy in January 2010. Helen Morrissey...

CANADA - Opposition Liberal Party Leader Michael Ignatieff has proposed a "gradual expansion" of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and pledged an extra C$700m ($720m) in annual payments to older people on low incomes.

GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.

GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.

CANADA - Quebec has become the first Canadian province to introduce a new pension programme for workers who don't have their own retirement savings.

CANADA - Staff at the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) could soon be compensated for how well they match liabilities.

CANADA - The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has invested an additional C$800m ($813m) in Quebec-based companies and restructured its benchmark to give a greater weighting to local firms.

IRELAND/CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and other investors will give airline leasing company AWAS an additional $529m to help it expand its fleet.