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There’s a finance app for that

There’s a finance app for that

Numerous finance-related mobile apps exist, but we found a few that could be useful for both yourself and your plan members.

It’s App-licable

It’s App-licable

Of the seven billion people on this planet, two billion are connected to the Internet, six billion use mobile technology, and one billion have smartphones.…

Inspiration: Ian Markham

Inspiration: Ian Markham

When it comes to retirement and pensions, one eye is always on the future. So it makes sense that Ian Markham, Canadian retirement innovation leader…

Take action

Whether elected or appointed, a pension trustee faces many demands soon after assuming the role. But while the load of a trustee is heavy, there…

Livestream

Seven group benefits experts hold virtual counsel on how they’re using technology in the group provider space

  • By: Staff
  • June 1, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 07:00

Frontlines

Technology allows new markets and alleviates risk With its investment in technology in April 2012, Canadian Western Trust (CWT) has opened up a new market:…

  • By: Staff
  • June 1, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 07:00

Frontlines

Mock named new Teachers’ CEO, work hurts, benefits costs to overwhelm most companies, help wanted, the month in numbers, and product corner.

  • By: Staff
  • June 1, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 07:00
Is it safe?

Is it safe?

Technology may get the numbers and information out faster, but providers need controls in place to prevent data leakage.

Breakdown: Public display of health

This year’s Canadian Institute of Health Information study, Lifetime Distributional Effects of Publicly Financed Health Care in Canada, estimates the effects of publicly funded healthcare…

Editorial: Trailblazer

At the centre of every pension plan is a team of professionals—actuaries, administrators, governance officers, consultants, trustee managers—who are commissioned to weave a tapestry that…

What the doctor orders

Drug cost containment strategies such as mandatory generic substitution and prior authorization rightly dominate discussions about trends in the health benefits industry. But is this…

Case study: How Shoppers Drug Mart approaches disability management

Case study: How Shoppers Drug Mart approaches disability management

When a company name is associated with healthcare, is there more pressure to practise what it preaches when it comes to supporting its own employees’…

Concerning matters

Concerning matters

Plan sponsors and industry experts get to the bottom of their concerns at the 2013 Benefits & Pensions Summit in Toronto: employee health and retirement

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