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Guidance for Assumptions for Hypothetical Wind-Up and Solvency Valuations Update – Effective March 31, 2026, and Applicable to Valuations with Effective Dates on or after March 31, 2026, and no later than June 29, 2026 – Educational Note Supplement
The PPFRC has conducted its quarter-end review of group annuity pricing conditions as at March 31, 2026 and recommended to the Actuarial Guidance Council (AGC) assumptions for hypothetical wind-up and solvency valuations with effective dates on or after March 31, […]
Selection of Mortality Assumptions for Pension Plan Actuarial Valuations
This educational note helps the actuary in selecting a best estimate mortality assumption for the pension plan under review.
2024 Canadian Pensioner Mortality Research Project – Tables
This workbook contains tables for the 2024 Canadian Pensioner Mortality Research Project. The Actuarial Standards Board is reviewing the research and will decide at a future date whether the new tables should be adopted as the standard for determining commuted […]
2024 Canadian Pensioner Mortality Research Project
This research was conducted by Ad Res Reinsurance Services GmbH and supervised by a project oversight group of the CIA’s Research Council. The report contains mortality tables that reflect the experience of Canadian pensioners and their spouses up to January […]
Guidance for Assumptions for Hypothetical Wind-Up and Solvency Valuations Update – Effective December 31, 2025, and Applicable to Valuations With Effective Dates on or After December 31, 2025, and No Later Than June 29, 2026 – Explanatory Report
The Committee on Pension Plan Financial Reporting (PPFRC) is issuing this explanatory report to provide members with additional information and details on the analysis done for the guidance outlined in the educational note supplement dated February 2, 2026, issued as […]
Guidance for Assumptions for Hypothetical Wind-Up and Solvency Valuations Update – Effective December 31, 2025, and Applicable to Valuations With Effective Dates on or After December 31, 2025, and No Later Than June 29, 2026 – Educational note supplement
The PPFRC has conducted its quarter-end review of group annuity pricing conditions as at December 31, 2025, and recommended to the Actuarial Guidance Council (AGC) assumptions for hypothetical wind-up and solvency valuations with effective dates on or after December 31, […]
Bank of Canada Revisions of December 2025 CANSIM Series
On January 7, 2026, the Bank of Canada revised the last 2025 weekly and December 2025 monthly CANSIM series for several of the benchmark bond yields published for nominal Government of Canada bonds. The previously published rates were not based […]
Standards of Practice – Pensions (Effective April 1, 2026) (redlined)
Effective April 1, 2026. Early adoption is permitted.
Standards of Practice – Pensions (Effective April 1, 2026)
Effective April 1, 2026. Early adoption is permitted.
Bank of Canada Changes
This document advises members of changes to some CANSIM series in early January 2026.