An article on International Business Machines Corp.’s latest pension risk transfer was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week.

Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week:

1. IBM transferring US$6 billion in pension liabilities via group annuity buyout

2. How employers can encourage employees to take guilt-free sick days

3. Survey finds 54% of Canadian employees say affordability a barrier to improving well-being

4. Institutional investors’ demand for insurance-linked securities pushing transaction volumes to new highs: experts

5. Sun Life Canada appointing Jacques Goulet as executive chair, Jessica Tan as president