Target Benefit Plans: It's Time To Review Your Annual Statements

On December 31, 2022 amendments to B.C.'s Pensions Benefits Standards Regulation came into force. While these amendments primarily address PfAD reform for target benefit plans, they also updated the information that target benefit plans are required to provide to active and retired members in their annual statements.

In particular, the annual statements for active and retired members must now include more information regarding reductions in target benefits. Previously, these statements simply had to state that target benefits could be reduced if an unfunded liability could not be amortized. Now, in these statements, target benefit plans must explain to their members when and how their target benefits may be reduced.