The current shortfall in pension plan funding continues to attract considerable media attention. But have organizations’ perceptions of the crisis changed over the past year? In The Pension Plan Crisis Continues … And Its Grip Is Stronger, the Conference Board reports on a new survey designed to investigate CFO’s perspectives on, and their organizations’ responses to, the pension plan crisis.
The Pension Plan Crisis … And Its Grip Is Stronger
The Pension Plan Crisis … And Its Grip Is Stronger
Canadian Economic Analysis
People and Culture
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The extent of Canada’s pension plan crisis remains a topic of vigorous debate. Media talk about earlier declines in pension fund returns—combined with the effect of low bond yields on actuarial liabilities—has now been joined by discussions about the implications of recent court decisions on pension plan surpluses and mergers. But what do Canadian CFOs have to say? The results of a new survey, summarized in The Pension Plan Crisis Continues … And Its Grip Is Stronger, suggest some worrying trends. For instance, the proportion of CFOs who believe there is a pension plan crisis in Canada has more than doubled in the past year. The survey, carried out by The Conference Board of Canada in collaboration with Watson Wyatt, follows up on a 2004 survey investigating CFOs’ perspectives on, and their organizations’ responses to, the pension plan crisis.
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