The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) is responsible for supervising and regulating a broad range of financial service sectors. FSRA issues guidance to make it easier for the public, new entrants and incumbents to understand what is legally binding, what is FSRA’s interpretation or application of law and what information is designed to be helpful. All guidance is issued in accordance with FSRA's Guidance Framework.

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Status Category Guidance Number Guidance Name
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0046ORG e-Blasts: Pensions
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0047ORG e-Blasts: Pensions
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0050ORG Fact Sheets: News Segments
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0068ORG FSCO - Pension Stakeholder Consultations
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0069ORG Information Sessions
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0073ORG Webinars
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0082ORG Legislative and Regulatory Changes
Active Miscellaneous PE0083ORG Legislative Changes July 1, 2012
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0103ORG FSRA Pension Plan Information Access
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0104ORG Consultations and Proposed Legislation
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0105ORG Pensions
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0106ORG Indalex Supreme Court Decision
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0108ORG Helpful Links
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0109ORG Pension Decisions
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0112ORG A Guide To Understanding Your Pension Plan
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0113ORG Pension Bulletins (Prior to October 2009)
Active Miscellaneous PE0114ORG Superintendent Consents (from 2009 onwards)
Active Miscellaneous PE0115ORG Superintendent Declarations (from 2009 onwards)
Active Miscellaneous PE0116ORG Superintendent Notices of Intended Decision (from 2009 onwards)
Active Miscellaneous PE0117ORG Superintendent Orders (from 2009 Onwards)
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0184ORG Active Pension Policies
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0185ORG InActive Pension Policies
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0186ORG Pension Policies
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0187ORG Previous Policy Reviews
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0188ORG Pension Policy Review Project
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0189ORG Pensions
Active Miscellaneous PE0193ORG Pension Scams Cost You More than Retirement Savings
Active Miscellaneous PE0194ORG Beware of Scams Involving Your Retirement Savings, Regulators Warn
Active Miscellaneous PE0285ORG FAQs on the Most Significant Changes under Bill 120 in force on December 8, 2010 and July 1, 2012
Active Miscellaneous PE0286ORG Bill 236, Pension Benefits Amendment Act, 2010 - Frequently Asked Questions
Active Miscellaneous PE0291ORG Nortel Ontario Beneficiary Direction, Consent & Waiver
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0409ORG Winter 1995 Bulletin
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0410ORG Spring 1995 Bulletin
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0411ORG Summer 1995 Bulletin
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0412ORG Winter - Spring 1996 Bulletin
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0413ORG Fall-Winter 1997 Bulletin
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0414ORG Pension Plan Survival and the PCO A Two Way Street
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0415ORG Fiduciary Responsibility - A Regulator's Viewpoint
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0416ORG PCO Affected by Government Constraints New Approach to Communications Adopted
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0417ORG Invitation to Serve on Advisory Committees to the PCO
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0418ORG PCO Advisory Committee Members
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0419ORG Publication of Decisions made under the Pension Benefits Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.8
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0514ORG 1) How To Get Assistance from the PCO 2) Telephone Enquiries to the PCO
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0515ORG Contacts for Assistance - AIR and PBGF Assessment Certificates
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0516ORG How to Obtain Forms and Publications On and After September 15, 1994 (Distribution from Oshawa)
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0517ORG Tips for Dealing with the PCO
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0519ORG No Civil Collection By PCO
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0523ORG Communications Between the PCO and Plan Administrators
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0525ORG Records Maintenance and Retention
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0526ORG Applications Received Prior to January 1, 1996 - Procedures for Resolution
Inactive Miscellaneous PE0579ORG General Announcement: The Status of Published PCO Policies under FSCO
Active Miscellaneous PE0641INF A guide for employers - Communicating the value of your pension plan
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0031ORG Asset Transfers - Frequently Asked Questions
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0032ORG Trust Issues on Pension Plan Asset Transfer1: Checklist
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0033ORG Asset Transfer Rules before January 1, 2014
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0034ORG Asset Transfers Between Pension Plans
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0035ORG Applications for Transfer of Assets on Sale or Merger
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0036ORG Aegon Canada Inc. and Transamerica Life Canada v. ING Canada Inc.
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0037ORG Asset Transfers (Transamerica v. ING)
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0038ORG Trust Issues On Plan Transfer/Merger (Transamerica)
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0128ORG Types of Asset Transfers
Active Asset Transfers PE0205APP Supervisory Approach to Defined Benefit Asset Transfers Under the Pension Benefits Act
Active Asset Transfers PE0223INF FSRA’s Consent to SEPP to JSPP Transactions under sections 80.4 and 81.0.1 of the Pension Benefits Act
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0230ORG Asset Transfer on Reorganization
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0231ORG Interim Transfer of Assets on Purchase and Sale
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0232ORG Asset Transfer Resulting from Sale of Business
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0233ORG Partial Asset Transfers Under s. 81 - Superintendent's Consent Required
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0234ORG Full Asset Transfers Under s. 81 - Superintendent's Consent Required
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0235ORG Withdrawal of Application for Consent to a Transfer of Assets
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0348ORG Asset Transfer - Successor Plans
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0349ORG Asset Transfer - Successor Plans
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0350ORG Notification of Change of Carrier
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0351ORG Types of Asset Transfers
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0352ORG Asset Transfers Between Insurance Contracts or Policies
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0353ORG Interim Transfer of Assets on Purchase and Sale
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0354ORG Superintendent Consent Required for Asset Transfer under subsection 81(8)
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0355ORG Asset Transfers under Section 81 - Superintendent's Consent Required
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0356ORG Superintendent Consent to Transfer of Assets (Sale Before 1188; Transfer After 1188)
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0504ORG General Procedures For Plan Mergers ­ PBA, 1987 ss. 27(1), s. 82
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0505ORG Merger Policy - September 1993 - PBA, 1990 s. 81, O. Reg. 909 s. 7
Inactive Asset Transfers PE0686ORG FAQ - Asset Transfers (2014)
Active Locked-in Accounts PE0040ORG A Guide to Applying for Special Access
Active Locked-in Accounts PE0059ORG Financial Hardship Unlocking User Guide For Financial Institutions
Active Locked-in Accounts PE0060ORG Financial Hardship Unlocking Questions & Answers
Active Locked-in Accounts PE0061ORG Financial Hardship Unlocking Questions & Answers
Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0062ORG Financial Hardship Unlocking - Resources
Active Locked-in Accounts PE0063ORG Process for Financial Hardship Unlocking
Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0064ORG Rules for Financial Hardship Unlocking
Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0065ORG Financial Hardship Unlocking Forms
Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0071ORG Financial Hardship Unlocking Webcast
Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0072ORG Webcasts
Active Locked-in Accounts PE0092ORG FAQs on Old Life Income Funds (LIFs)
Active Locked-in Accounts PE0093ORG FAQs on Rules for Ontario Locked-In Accounts
Active Locked-in Accounts PE0094ORG FAQs on Unlocking a Locked-in Account if you are a Non-Resident of Canada
Active Locked-in Accounts PE0095ORG FAQs on New Life Income Funds (LIFs)
Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0096ORG Locked-In Accounts
Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0097ORG Changes To The Rules For Ontario Locked-In Accounts - O. Reg. 239/09
Inactive Locked-in Accounts PE0098ORG Pension Unlocking: Non-Hardship
Active Locked-in Accounts PE0148ORG Shortened Life Expectancy
Active Locked-in Accounts PE0149ORG Locked-In Retirement Accounts (LIRAs)