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SUMMARY:National Pensions Conference
DESCRIPTION:Conference Co-Chairs\n\n \nRoss Gascho\nPensions Counsel\nFasken \n\n\n \nBalraj Dosanjh\nPensions Counsel\nCavalluzzo LLP \n\n\nConference Advisory Committee\n\n \nLesha Van Der Bij\nChief Operating Officer and Founder\nOptimize Legal \n\n\n \nLiz Doughty\nChief Executive Officer Special Forces\nPension Plan Corporation \n\n\n \nGary Yee\nNational Representative – Pension & Airline Coordinator\nCanadian Union of Public Employees \n\n\n \nRandy Bauslaugh\nPensions & Benefits Counsel\nBauslaugh Law \n\n\nWednesday\, April 12\, 2023Introductory remarks by Co-Chairs 12:30 p.m. – 12:35 p.m. ET \nPanel 1 - Pension Fund Forecasts: Expert insights into recent trends\, including the impact of inflation12:35 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. ET\nPension Fund Forecasts: Expert insights into recent trends\, including the impact of inflation\n\n\n \nMary Kate Archibald\nPrincipal\nEckler Ltd. \n\n\n \nAaron Bennett\nCIO\nUniversity Pension Plan \n\n\nCanada and other major economies are currently confronted with the highest levels of inflation since the 1980s. Persistent above-target inflation affects the pension industry in myriad ways\, including through upward pressure on interest rates\, lower liabilities for defined benefit plans\, and decreasing returns in the bond markets. Inflation also affects the retirement income security of pension plan members. The risk of a recession in 2023 looms large\, as any recession would affect both plan returns and the insolvency risk of sponsoring employers. \nIn this session\, leading experts will explore the challenges posed by the current and predicted economic climate\, and address the following topics: \n\nWhat are the latest economic forecasts\, including the outlook for inflation\, interest rates\, unemployment\, and growth?\nWhat challenges does inflation pose for pension plan administrators generally?\nHow do the current economic conditions affect different types of pension plans and their members (e.g.\, defined benefit vs. defined contribution; public sector vs. private sector)? What are the implications of any divergence in these effects?\nWhat strategies can pension plan administrators take to manage pension plans and pension plan investments in an economic downturn? What role do administrators’ statutory and fiduciary obligations play in this regard?\nWhat have governments and regulators done to assist pension plans and their members in coping with the current economic conditions? What more can be done?\n\nBreak 1:50 p.m. – 1:55 p.m. ET \nPanel 2 - Keeping Posted on Pensions: A review of recent caselaw1:55 p.m. - 3:10 a.m. ET\nKeeping Posted on Pensions: A review of recent caselaw\n\n\n \nLesha Van Der Bij\nChief Operating Officer and Founder\nOptimize Legal \n\n\n \nMichael Wolpert\nPensions counsel\nFasken \n\n\n \nBettina Quistgaard\nUnion counsel\nPink Larkin \n\n\nThis panel explores significant court and tribunal decisions related to pensions. Topics to be addressed include plan amendments\, collective bargaining\, recovery of overpayments\, fiduciary duties\, shared risk plans\, family law\, surplus on wind-up\, and survivor benefits. Final selection of cases will take place in the weeks leading up to the conference\, ensuring coverage of the latest and most important decisions.Break 3:10 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. ET \nPanel 3 - Proposed\, Pending\, Passed: An update on key developments in legislation and regulations3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. PST\nProposed\, Pending\, Passed: An update on key developments in legislation and regulations\n\n\n \nPamela Odina\nPensions Counsel\nBrown Mills Klinck Prezioso LLP \n\n\n \nDavid Blair\nUnion Counsel\nVictory Square Law Office \n\n\nIn this session\, experts will review recent legislative and regulatory pension developments. Topics to be addressed include insolvency\, ESG (environmental\, social\, and governance) factors\, climate change risk\, borrowing by pension plans\, leverage\, correction of contribution errors\, defined benefit pension plan funding\, target benefit plans\, cyber risks\, and unclaimed property. The panel will discuss amendments to the federal Income Tax Act and to provincial pension legislation\, including in Saskatchewan and British Columbia\, as well as Bill C-228\, the proposed federal Pension Protection Act. Experts will explore draft regulatory guidance released recently by the Office for the Superintendent of Financial Institutions\, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario\, and the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities. Final selection of topics will take place in the weeks leading up to the conference\, ensuring coverage of the latest and most important legislative and regulatory developments.Day 1 closing remarks 4:30 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. ET \nThursday\, April 13Introductory remarks by Co-Chairs 12:30 p.m. – 12:35 p.m. ET \nPanel 4 - Going Green? Examining the evolving role of ESG approaches in pension planning and management12:35 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. ET\nPromoting Workplace Equity: Removing barriers\, promoting inclusion\, and identifying the promise and perils of big data\n\n\n \nChristie Stephenson\nExecutive Director\, Peter Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics\nUBC Sauder School of Business \n\n\n \nMurray Gold\nPensions Counsel\nKoskie Minsky \n\n\n \nRandy Bauslaugh\nPensions & Benefits Counsel\nBauslaugh Law \n\n\nEnvironmental\, social\, and governance (ESG) considerations have taken on heightened importance for pension plan sponsors and administrators. Recent international climate change conferences (COP26 and COP27) have committed national governments to climate-related actions including increasingly aggressive emissions reduction targets. At the same time\, environmental and social activism continues to place pressure on pension plan fiduciaries and other institutional investors to give greater weight to ESG factors in their decision-making. \nThe experts on this panel will consider the myriad challenges and opportunities presented by the evolving relationship between pension plans and ESG considerations\, addressing questions that include the following: \n\nHow has the national and global context relating to climate change evolved since the 2015 Paris Climate Accord? How have pension plan sponsors and administrators responded?\nTo what extent do pension plan administrators’ common law fiduciary duties require them to factor ESG considerations into their investment-related decision-making? Do those duties permit administrators to take ESG considerations into account for any purpose other than financial gain? Does the answer depend on plan terms or type of plan?\nHow have recent decisions from other jurisdictions addressed pension fiduciaries’ responsibilities in respect of ESG considerations?\nWhat are the current legislative and regulatory requirements regarding ESG disclosure\, and taking into account ESG considerations\, across Canadian jurisdictions? What changes are in prospect?\nWhat level of familiarity should pension plan board members have with ESG-related issues?\nWhat weight\, if any\, should be given to the views of pension plan members regarding the content of the plan’s investments? Is there scope for increasing activism by individuals or groups to force change in this regard?\n\nBreak 1:50 p.m. – 1:55 p.m. ET \nPanel 5 - Locking in Privacy Protections: Requirements and best practices for cybersecurity in pension administration1:55 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. ET\nLocking in Privacy Protections: Requirements and best practices for cybersecurity in pension administration\n\n\nEvan Howard\nChief Legal & Regulatory Affairs Officer\nCAAT Pension Plan\n\nDavid Bartucci\nHead Stakeholder Relations and Special Projects Pensions Financial Services\nRegulatory Authority of Ontario\n\nBenjamin Fung\nCanada Research Chair in Data Mining for Cybersecurity and School of Information Studies Professor\nMcGill University\n\nMichelle Desnoyers\nCorporate Information Security Officer\nAlberta Pensions Services Corporation\n\nPension plan administrators are major custodians of personal and financial information. As plans’ reliance on information technology (IT) infrastructure to store member data and process transactions increases\, so do the risks relating to cybersecurity. A cybersecurity incident affecting a pension plan has the potential to inflict significant legal and reputational consequences. More broadly\, regulators across Canada have signalled that administrators must actively monitor and manage cybersecurity risks. \nThis panel will examine the legal landscape on cybersecurity and propose strategies for assessing and mitigating cybersecurity risk. Questions to be addressed include the following: \n\nHow do pension plan administrators’ fiduciary duties interact with cybersecurity concerns? To what extent does pension benefits legislation impose additional requirements relating to cybersecurity?\nWhat bearing do federal and provincial privacy statutes have on plan administrators’ obligations in relation to cybersecurity risk? What impact would administrators face following from the proposed federal Digital Charter Implementation Act\, 2022?\nWhat regulatory guidance has been issued to date regarding cybersecurity for pension plans? What developments are on the horizon?\nHow should a prudent pension plan administrator assess a plan’s cybersecurity risk? From a governance perspective\, what governance policies and processes should be established to help manage this risk?\nWhat steps must a pension plan administrator take following a cybersecurity incident?\n\nDay 2 closing remarks – 3:10 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. ET \nCPDThis program has been approved by CPHR Alberta for 6.5 Continuing Professional Development hours.
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