Pension plans turn to alternative strategies
Bond market challenges are sending pension plans large and small in search of alternative strategies
- By: Colin Ripsman
- October 29, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
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Enjoy the ride
Pension plans are protecting themselves from market ups and downs by matching assets to liabilities
- By: Brent Simmons
- October 1, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Uncategorized
Editorial: Off balance
It’s a rainy Monday morning, and I’m struggling to get my 14-month-old dressed and ready to go while she squirms and kicks in protest. Meanwhile,…
- By: Alyssa Hodder
- October 1, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Inspiration: Paula Allen
Bird flu was headline news in 2009. That year tested Paula Allen’s resolve in a way that would shape her approach to workplace mental health…
- By: Rehana Begg
- October 1, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Capital accumulation plans
Big plans
DC sponsors must support their members in preparing for retirement
- By: Jimmy Carbonneau
- October 1, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Pharma logic
Drug plan costs are an ongoing concern for Canadian employers. Benefits Canada’s Face to Face Drug Plan Management Forum in Vancouver shows how plan sponsors…
- By: Suzanne Lepage
- October 1, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Benefits Canada News
Frontlines
Longevity risks affect all plan sponsors, healthcare costs set to rise, market value of pension funds rises, Alberta proposes cuts to public sector pensions, This…
- By: Staff
- October 1, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Breakdown: Yuan & Yang
Here’s an easy question: what is the world’s fastest growing economy? China, of course. Second only to the U.S. in economic might, China is the…
- By: Yaldaz Sadakova
- October 1, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Doing it right
While virtue may be its own reward, it may not be enough to motivate employees to be active, quit smoking or lose weight. Study after…
- By: Lizann Reitmeier
- September 27, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Treat them right
To boost engagement, CAP sponsors need to focus on their clients: plan members
- By: Martin Leclair
- September 10, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Top 50 DC Plans Report: Why worry?
While volatility in financial markets continues to pose a challenge to DC plan sponsors and members, the initial panic that followed in the wake of…
- By: Sheldon Gordon
- September 6, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Health/wellness
Breakdown: The game of work life
It’s 9 a.m. on Monday morning, just another day at the office. Employees are rushing in, coffee cups in hand, trying to get a head…
- By: Yaldaz Sadakova
- September 1, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
Health check
Healthy employees can lead to a healthy—and wealthy—organization. At Benefits Canada’s Healthy Outcomes Conference in June, plan sponsors and industry experts came together to focus…
- By: Suzanne Lepage
- September 1, 2013 September 13, 2019
- 07:00
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…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- December 12, 2025 December 10, 2025
- 09:00
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,…
- By: Benefits Canada
- December 12, 2025 December 10, 2025
- 08:59
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