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How social media is helping employers streamline, personalize pension communications

Social media is breathing new life into employers’ pension communications, helping to make the benefit resonate with different audiences and offering organizations a far wider…

Bob Baldwin appointed chair of C.D. Howe pension policy council

National Institute on Ageing recognizing Bob Baldwin with lifetime achievement award

The National Institute on Ageing at Toronto Metropolitan University is recognizing Canadian pension industry mainstay Bob Baldwin with its inaugural lifetime achievement award. An expert in…

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CAAT pension plan’s optional savings account allowing members to consolidate retirement savings

A new retirement savings vehicle could benefit members of the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology’s pension plan by streamlining investment choice and maximizing their…

  • By: Blake Wolfe
  • October 24, 2024 October 23, 2024
  • 09:00
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Nova Scotia offers retirement fund top-ups to attract, retain physicians

The Nova Scotia government is offering to pay up to $15,000 a year into a new retirement benefits program for doctors in hopes the public…

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51% of U.S. women entering peak retirement years have less than $100k saved: survey

Half (51 per cent) of women in the U.S. aged 65 who are entering their peak retirement years have less than $100,000 saved, with the percentage rising (67…

  • By: Staff
  • July 25, 2024 July 24, 2024
  • 15:00

2024 Top 100 Pension Funds report: Employees’ financial wellness moving up the agenda for pension plan sponsors

When Phillip Kotanidis took over as chief human resources officer at Toronto’s Michael Garron Hospital in 2018, the financial well-being of staff wasn’t exactly high…

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Expert panel: How DC plan members can hedge longevity risk for more effective decumulation

Retiring baby boomers are in an era of decumulation anxiety, as they convert their pension assets into income that they fear won’t hold up over…

55% of Americans worry they won’t have financial security in retirement: survey

More than half (55 per cent) of Americans say they’re worried they won’t achieve financial security in retirement, according to a new survey by the…

  • By: Staff
  • March 1, 2024 February 29, 2024
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PIAC focusing on pension solvency uniformity, CAPSA risk management guidelines in 2024

The Pension Investment Association of Canada will concentrate its legislative advocacy efforts on funding reform in 2024, including for an overhaul of long-term, minimum funding…

Canadian CAP providers’ assets up 12.9% in 2023: report

The assets of Canada’s top 10 capital accumulation plan providers increased by 12.9 per cent over the previous year, from roughly $250,366 million at June…

  • By: Staff
  • December 22, 2023 December 22, 2023
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Survey finds half of U.S. workers want an employer-sponsored retirement plan that offers emergency savings features

More than half (54 per cent) of employees without a workplace retirement savings plan — including 77 per cent of millennials — say they’d participate in…

  • By: Staff
  • April 24, 2023 April 21, 2023
  • 09:00
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Majority of low to moderate income workers would invest in long-term savings plans with incentives: survey

The vast majority (90 per cent) of low to moderate income workers say they’d open a long-term savings account if they were offered incentives, according…

  • By: Staff
  • August 23, 2022 August 23, 2022
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