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CPBI Forum 2008
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May
13, 2008
Labour
Trends Driving Need for Healthy Workplaces
The most important characteristic that Canadians look
for in a job is respectful treatment at work, according
to Graham Lowe, a leading work expert and president of
the Kelowna, B.C.-based Graham Lowe Group.
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Rise
in U.S. Pension Litigation Expected to Continue
The explosion of defined contribution (DC) plan litigation
in the United States is likely to continue, but Canada
should not expect a similar trend anytime soon, said
legal experts at the CPBI Forum 2008.
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Learning
From Canada’s Best Benefits Plan Sponsors
“‘Best benefits’ is not about having
the best benefits—as in the most expensive, the
highest co-insurance, the richest DB plans,” said
Sarah Beech, managing principal, with Hewitt Associates.
“Best is really defined as what is the best program
that meets both the organization’s and, more importantly,
the employees’ needs.”
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Build
a Better Default
Traditionally, money market funds have been the most popular
default fund in defined contribution (DC) pension plans
but now that people are living longer, and increasing
their retirement years, those funds just don’t cut
it anymore. “You simply can’t retire on a
money market fund,” said Zaheed Jiwani, senior investment
consultant with Hewitt Associates, at the CPBI Forum 2008
in Toronto this week.
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Demographic
Realities Force Pension Funds to Get Creative
Defined benefit pension plans face a “new dynamic”
as the number of active members decreases and the number
retirees climbs, according to the head of The Ontario
Teachers’ Pension Plan.
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May
14, 2008
Investing
in a Political World
As an investor, the world is your oyster. But it’s
important to consider how the political issues of the
countries in which you invest may affect your returns.
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Global
Workforce Facing Complicated Issues
The world may be getting smaller, but delivering benefits
programs to employees posted in foreign countries is not
getting any easier, according to panelists at the CPBI
Forum 2008 in Toronto.
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Paying
Less for Benefits?
Think plan members who live a healthy lifestyle—exercise,
eat right, don’t smoke—should pay less for
their health benefits plans? Representatives from the
sanofi-aventis advisory board presented their thoughts
on this issue as well as the results of the sanofi-aventis
Healthcare Survey 2008 and how plan sponsors should respond
at the CPBI Forum 2008 Wednesday in Toronto.
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