October 30th, 2015

Are you Joining us in Vegas?

Jeremy, Greg and I will be speaking at the 48th Annual Canadian Employee Benefits Conference in Las Vegas, November 22-25, 2015. The Annual Conference is one of Canada’s largest pensions and employee benefits events, attracting …

August 27th, 2015

CPP Enhancement: Launch of George & Bell Calculator

Today we have launched our Enhanced CPP Calculator, www.cppenhancement.ca which projects the additional benefits and contributions under two of the most popular CPP enhancement proposals. Our goal with this tool is to help Canadians form their …

August 12th, 2015

New Funding Rules for Target Benefit Plans

Trustees of multiemployer pension plans have waited a long time for new pension funding rules. The new B.C. Pension Benefits Standards Regulation, released in May,  puts the 2012 B.C. Pension Benefits Standards Act rules into …

August 6th, 2015

Summary of Bill C-377

On June 30, 2015, Bill C-377 received royal assent from the Senate. The attached memo discusses the potential impact this new legislation will have when regulations come into force. Summary of Bill C-377    

July 9th, 2015

Better off Bigger?

With apologies to the 1985 John Cusack film “Better Off Dead”, this past week’s announced “merger of equals” between Willis Group and Towers Watson brings to mind a question I have been thinking about a …

June 5th, 2015

Greg Heise Joins George & Bell

We are pleased to announce that Greg Heise has joined George & Bell Consulting as Partner of the firm. Greg will be based in Vancouver, providing actuarial and investment services to pension and benefit clients …

February 27th, 2015

Exciting News for George & Bell

George & Bell Consulting (G&B) is pleased to announce a working relationship with John Gilfoyle and David Lee of Strategic Income Security Services (SISS). The working relationship is focused on negotiated cost pension and benefit …

February 26th, 2015

What exactly does an Actuary do?

This is a common question I get asked all the time. So when the Pacific Business and Law Institute invited me to answer that question for a group of Trustees and Administrators this past week, …

February 23rd, 2015

CFE West Conference Presentation

On February 19th I co-presented at the Canadian Foundations and Endowment Forum, also known as CFE West. This two-day forum brought together executives in the foundation and endowment areas to share their thoughts on the topics affecting the …