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July/August 2015

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Considering switching consultants? Make sure you understand the process.

Once upon a time, a company just like yours hired an amazingly talented employee. Everyone who met her knew she was going to be an…

Health/wellness

The Vancouver Aquarium is teeming not only with diverse marine life but also with diverse staff. It has 253 full and part-time employees—from scientists and…

Fixed income

Despite an expected rise in U.S. interest rates, obscure or dangerous frontier markets can be a good way to get extra bond yields

The future demographic landscape in developed countries—with increasingly older and fewer workers, as well as aging consumers—will create significant macroeconomic and market challenges all over…

Defined benefit pensions

Greece is so battered even vulture funds are abandoning it. Canadian DB pension plans likely lack direct exposure to it, since they want to preserve…

The time is right to shore up our retirement system, and the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) is a step in the right direction.

In May, the Conservative government said it will look into allowing Canadians to voluntarily put more of their earnings into the Canada Pension Plan. Announced…

Capital accumulation plans

Over the years, a growing chorus of voices has been pleading with the provinces to lighten up on the overburden of pension regulation and give…

The time is right to shore up our retirement system, and the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) is a step in the right direction.

In May, the Conservative government said it will look into allowing Canadians to voluntarily put more of their earnings into the Canada Pension Plan. Announced…

Benefits Canada News

Considering switching consultants? Make sure you understand the process.

Once upon a time, a company just like yours hired an amazingly talented employee. Everyone who met her knew she was going to be an…

The Vancouver Aquarium is teeming not only with diverse marine life but also with diverse staff. It has 253 full and part-time employees—from scientists and…

Despite an expected rise in U.S. interest rates, obscure or dangerous frontier markets can be a good way to get extra bond yields

I recently watched U.K.-based CNN anchor Hala Gorani—born in the U.S. to Syrian parents and raised in Algeria and France—give a graduation speech at George…

Greece is so battered even vulture funds are abandoning it. Canadian DB pension plans likely lack direct exposure to it, since they want to preserve…

Over the years, a growing chorus of voices has been pleading with the provinces to lighten up on the overburden of pension regulation and give…

Stats, events and opinions from the July/August 2015 issue

The time is right to shore up our retirement system, and the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) is a step in the right direction.

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In May, the Conservative government said it will look into allowing Canadians to voluntarily put more of their earnings into the Canada Pension Plan. Announced…

Health benefits

Health risk assessments have become the new entry point for health and wellness strategies

Although genetic factors influence obesity, employers can play a pivotal role in employee health.

Governance/legislation

Over the years, a growing chorus of voices has been pleading with the provinces to lighten up on the overburden of pension regulation and give…

The time is right to shore up our retirement system, and the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) is a step in the right direction.

In May, the Conservative government said it will look into allowing Canadians to voluntarily put more of their earnings into the Canada Pension Plan. Announced…