Saskatchewan Pension Legislation Update

Join us for a conversation with our guest speaker, Leah Fichter, Executive Director of the Pensions Division with the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan (FCAA), on Bill 108, which pertains to The Pension Benefits Act, 1992, and how it may affect you and your clients.

Leah is the Executive Director of the Pensions Division with the Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan (FCAA) and is Saskatchewan’s Deputy Superintendent of Pensions. She is responsible for overseeing the regulation of occupational pension plans and the development of the policy framework for the funding, administration, supervision and regulation of pension plans in the province.

Leah has been instrumental in the development of a legislative framework to support the restructuring of distressed pension plans. She also spearheaded the development of the legislative structure for regulating pooled registered pension plans and target benefit plans in Saskatchewan.

Leah is Chair of the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities (CAPSA), and a member of the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS). She was the chair of CAPSA’s Defined Contribution Pension Plans Committee and recently lead the development of a harmonized multi-jurisdictional framework for the regulation of variable payment life annuities.

Leah has spoken about pensions nationally and internationally.

Over the course of her career Leah has worked in several regulatory roles in the public service. She has also been a pension plan administrator, an investment advisor, and has worked at an insurance company managing pension assets.

Leah holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan. She also holds a Pension Plan Administration Certificate from Humber College and has completed the Canadian Securities Course and Canadian Options Course.