What’s an employer to do when it faces benefits costs for employees on long-term disability for up to 10 years? Earlier this year, the B.C.…
While a recommendation that the government reverse course on maintaining the retirement age at 65 was one of the headline suggestions to come out of…
Unlike the promise by defined benefit plans of a stream of income during retirement, their defined contribution counterparts focus more on the accumulation of assets.…
Forget crystal balls, tarot cards and tea leaves. Fortune-telling has no place at a futurist’s desk. “We’re not in the business of predicting the future,”…
Defined contribution pension plans in Canada are maturing quickly and becoming more sophisticated. Contributions and plan assets continue to grow, investment options are evolving and…
We often hear that to ensure a reasonable chance of having a good retirement outcome from a defined contribution pension plan, plan members should aim…
Saving enough for retirement is a major challenge for many employees, so when a company’s plan design allows its staff to accumulate 15 per cent…
Some see it as an eternal struggle: the goodhearted doctor championing the best treatments, no matter the cost, while doing battle against the tightfisted insurance…
With drug plan costs back on the upswing amid unprecedented increases for stop-loss or pooling insurance, benefits advisors and insurers are seeing more plan sponsors…
Canadian pension plans’ love affair with foreign ports, particularly those in Australia but extending also to the United Kingdom and the Persian Gulf region, shows…
In the course of a merger or acquisition, there are a number of balls to juggle, not the least of which are the changes to…
Each year, employees at Britain’s Barclays Bank make decisions about their benefits and pension plan during the enrolment period. To learn more about their plan,…
There has been much in the news these days about concussions in sports. But concussions and traumatic brain injuries can occur on or off the…
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…
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,…
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…