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Capgemini launches council to engage millennial staff

Capgemini launches council to engage millennial staff

Millennials make up the largest cohort of the workforce, at about 37 per cent of Canadian employees. For information technology consulting company Capgemini, however, its…

Plan sponsors bracing for onset of new orphan drugs

Plan sponsors bracing for onset of new orphan drugs

A year ago, the Association of Ontario Midwives Benefits Trust received its highest drug claim ever at $55,000 for a 12-week treatment of Harvoni, which…

  • By: Jann Lee
  • May 9, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 08:56
Bridging the pension gender gap

Bridging the pension gender gap

Girls are “made of sugar and spice and everything nice — and gunpowder and Cubans and bourbon, no ice.” So sang Columbia Business School students…

Apps, peer recognition among the trends in employee recognition programs

Apps, peer recognition among the trends in employee recognition programs

While the days of handing out gold watches and lapel pins to recognize an employee’s years of service are largely outdated, recognition programs in Canadian…

Change to doctor’s notes signals new philosophy towards absence

Change to doctor’s notes signals new philosophy towards absence

Julie Holden would like nothing more than to see doctor’s notes for short-term absences confined to the dust bin of history. And it’s not just…

Former NHL goalie discusses battling mental illness in tough workplaces

Former NHL goalie discusses battling mental illness in tough workplaces

A person will bleed out quickly from a severed carotid artery. But in 1989, when a rogue skate slashed Buffalo Sabres goalie Clint Malarchuk’s artery…

Pension plans lukewarm on Canadian investments despite recent market strength

Pension plans lukewarm on Canadian investments despite recent market strength

When Canadian Investment Review held its inaugural Global Investment Conference 20 years ago, foreign investments were something of a niche for Canadian pension plans. With…

Can alternative risk premia boost the outcomes of diversified growth funds?

Can alternative risk premia boost the outcomes of diversified growth funds?

Diversified growth, multi-asset, multi-strategy — these are some of the terms used to describe investment options for pension plans seeking the sweet spot of equity-like…

AIMCo case shows legal pitfalls of long-term incentive plans

AIMCo case shows legal pitfalls of long-term incentive plans

In 2010, David Styles moved to Alberta from Ontario to work as vice-president of relationship investments for the Alberta Investment Management Corp. While the decision…

  • By: Jann Lee
  • May 9, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 08:47
Editorial: Time for action on the pension puzzle

Editorial: Time for action on the pension puzzle

When it comes to addressing the many challenges facing pension and benefits plans, we already know many of the solutions. Taking action on them, however,…

  • By: Glenn Kauth
  • April 11, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 09:00
International placements a key attraction for millennial workers

International placements a key attraction for millennial workers

Chartered professional accountant Chris Coben wanted to work internationally so he could experience how a different country approaches the type of work he does. At…

How are different countries tackling decumulation?

How are different countries tackling decumulation?

The Public Employees Benefits Agency, which administers the pension plan for public sector employees in Saskatchewan, has been looking at how to support members around…

  • By: Jann Lee
  • April 11, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 08:57
Green bonds gain momentum as sovereign players enter the market

Green bonds gain momentum as sovereign players enter the market

With Poland issuing the world’s first sovereign green bond totalling 750 million euros in December and France following suit with an even larger issuance of…

  • By: Jann Lee
  • April 11, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 08:56

Editorial: Celebrating winning employers shines a light in dark times

As we come to the end of another year, we continue to confront an uncertain geopolitical landscape, with wars raging on and leaders tangled in…

Head to head: What’s riskier right now: investments in private equity or public equity?

One academic argues in favour of public equity’s transparency in a volatile economy, while another looks to private equity’s future gains. Yuanshun Li, associate professor,…

How Waterloo Regional Health Network leadership unified retirement benefits under the HOOPP to ensure equity across its workforce

When Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital merged in April 2025, leaders weren’t just bringing together two sites and two cultures, they also…

  • By: Sonya Singh
  • December 12, 2025 December 14, 2025
  • 08:58