About Common Wealth

Common Wealth was founded in 2015 with the goal of expanding access to retirement security. Co-founders Alex Mazer and Jonathan Weisstub wanted to use their cross-sector backgrounds of law, business, and government service to use finance to serve the public good. Building on its work with some of the world’s pension institutions, Common Wealth created the first retirement plan for lower- and moderate-income Canadians, which it launched in 2017 in partnership with SEIU Healthcare, and more recently partnered with the Ontario Medical Association to design the first group retirement income plan in the country focused on the needs of physicians. The firm is currently working with a coalition of foundations and not-for-profit sector leaders to create a nationally portable workplace savings program for Canadian frontline workers. It has advised pension funds with collective assets under management of over $800 billion. Since its founding, Common Wealth has built a team of experienced pension professionals and partnered with governments, think tanks, and international financial institutions to improve retirement systems around the world.