To better understand the impact of the recent financial crisis on Canadian pension plan sponsors, Watson Wyatt Worldwide conducted its sixth annual Survey of Pension Risk during February-March 2009. The survey asked senior executives, including chief financial officers (CFOs) and vice presidents of human resources (VPsHR), about their views on — and reactions to — the current challenges as well as future threats to their defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) pension plans.