​Retirement Plan Sponsor Responsibilities

Recommended Sequence (part 3 of 4): The first two courses in the curriculum are The Retirement Landscape and Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plans. It is recommended that you take this course before Life Cycle of a Group Retirement Plan.

Retirement Plan Sponsor Responsibilities outlines the intent and application of the Guidelines for Capital Accumulation Plans (CAP Guidelines) and the Governance Guideline issued by the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities (CAPSA). It reviews the significance of CAP Guidelines and the CAPSA Governance Guideline for plan sponsors, plan members and service providers and highlights key differences between the two sets of Guidelines. Steps taken by the plan sponsor, advisors, plan administrators and other service providers when setting up, operating and terminating a CAP are reviewed.

• Lesson 1: Implications of the Capital Accumulation Plan (CAP) Guidelines for CAP Stakeholders
• Lesson 2: Setting Up a CAP
  
• Lesson 3: Introducing a CAP to Plan Members
• Lesson 4: Maintaining a CAP and Providing Ongoing Communication to Plan Members
• Lesson 5: Terminating a CAP

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