The Association of Canadian Pension Management (ACPM) is the informed voice of Canadian pension plan sponsors, administrators and their allied service providers. Our members represent over 400 pension plans consisting of more than 3 million plan members, with assets under management in excess of $330 billion.

What's New

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ACPM Advocacy

In March 2011, the Régie des rentes du Québec stated its position after it tightened its requirements for financial statements of pension plans registered in Québec. This position was to the effect that financial statements must be standard and prepared in accordance with Canadian generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and which, failure to report pension obligations as benefit payments, would result in the independent auditor issuing an adverse opinion on such financial statements.

As a stakeholder in the consultations that followed after the position was taken and that helped to update the position, ACPM therefore commends the notice recently published by the RRQ, which stipulates that financial statements produced as at December 31, 2011, may be, at the discretion of the plan administrator, for special purpose and exclude pension obligations without requiring an adverse opinion. 

Click here to consult the RRQ notice. (in French)

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ACPM Pleased by Federal Action on PRPPs

Click here for the press release

 

 

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Latest Publications/Submissions ACPM Submission on Nova Scotia draft PBR ACPM FATCA Letter to Minister Flaherty  ACPM FATCA Letter to IRS (US) re Notice 2010 60 ACPM Letter to Minister Duncan regarding pending pension regulations ACPM Letter to CAPSA re 2012-15 Strategic Plan ACPM Response to Bill C-25 ACPM Comments to FSCO Finalizing Forms and Processes ACPM Response to New Brunswick Consultation (September 2011) ACPM Response to Dept of Finance Tax Consultation Paper ACPM Response to CAPSA Consultation on Draft Guidelines on Pension Plan Prudent Investment Practices                                           For more, click here

ACPM in the News... Revue Avantages, « Le régime à prestation cible : la solution incontournable? », Dec 2 2011 Benefits and Pensions Monitor Headlines on impACT 2011, November 25 2011 Benefits Canada, "Retirement Income Adequacy Still a Problem for Pension Plan Members", impACT 2011, November 25, 2011 Benefits Canada, 'Inspiration', interview with Chris Brown, July/August 2011 Benefits Canada, "New pension rules for marriage breakdown welcomed'. June 17, 2011 Calgary Herald, June 5, 2011, Comment by Christopher Brown, 'Start pension early, pay yourself first' Calgary Herald, March 26, 2011, Comment by Christopher Brown, Dan Morrison 'Pension reform puzzles employers'. For more, click here