The Impact of Service Models on Pension Administration Costs: A Global Perspective

The Impact of Service Models on Pension Administration Costs: A Global Perspective

The cost of administering benefits for large Defined Benefit (DB) pensions varies significantly worldwide, from under £14 per member in the U.K. to over $325 CAD in Canada. This whitepaper quantifies these cost differences, considering factors like currency,...
The Impact of Service Models on Pension Administration Costs: A Global Perspective

Should Canada Require its Pension Funds to Invest More Domestically?

This report examines the domestic vs. international breakdown of investments for Canadian pension funds, and barriers to domestic investment. It finds the proportion of Canadian listed equity and fixed income holdings is relatively high compared to the global share of...
The Impact of Service Models on Pension Administration Costs: A Global Perspective

The Canadian Pension Fund Model: A Quantitative Portrait

This original CEM research was published in the March 2021 edition of the Journal of Portfolio Management (JPM). If you subscribe to the JPM you can access the article here. If you don’t, but want to get a copy of the reprint, there is a chance we can get a copy for...