Expert panel: Equal access to benefits, digital transformation among keys to return to work
COVID-19 cases are dropping and vaccine counts are rising. The economy is reopening and we can expect to be back at the office soon. But…
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Expert panel: Understanding the changing legal climates for institutional investors
In case you missed it, a recent legal opinion by pension lawyer Randy Bauslaugh suggested plan sponsors might be personally liable for failing to consider…
- By: Catherine Ann Marshall
- July 20, 2021 July 23, 2021
- 12:00
Expert panel: A look at retiree benefits and the current health-care system
Many employees may be dreaming of a carefree retirement following many years in the trenches — but they’ll likely have to keep dreaming if they…
- By: Claude Marchessault
- July 20, 2021 July 21, 2021
- 09:00
Expert panel: How plan sponsors can help make retirement, pensions more equitable
Diversity, equity and inclusion is top of mind for many plan sponsors these days. And, while issues around retirement and pensions likely aren’t the key focus…
- By: Jason Malone
- July 13, 2021 July 13, 2021
- 09:00
Expert panel: Supporting employees’ mental health a marathon, not a sprint
Anyone who’s ever run a marathon or completed an endurance race or trek knows the last few miles are the hardest, both physically and mentally.…
- By: Kenneth MacDonald
- July 6, 2021 July 23, 2021
- 09:00
The future of investing is multi-disciplinary
The future will increasingly favour institutional investors that can break old patterns of thought. As we move forward and industries and new technologies converge at…
- By: Andrew Watts
- June 29, 2021 July 7, 2021
- 10:30
Institutional investors taking closer look at Bitcoin, gold amid inflation fears
Almost 16 months since the global coronavirus pandemic was first declared, there’s now yet another thing for institutional investors to worry about — the possibility…
- By: Janet Rabovsky
- June 29, 2021 July 8, 2021
- 09:00
Investing in iCBT offerings can pay off for employers
As many employees struggle with mental-health issues during these tumultuous times, internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy is one tool that may help them bounce back. Employers…
- By: Bob Carter
- June 15, 2021 June 23, 2021
- 09:00
Could pandemic-related mortality rates impact DB pension plans?
Over the past several months, much attention has been paid to the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on financial markets and, subsequently, defined benefit pension plans’ financial conditions…
- By: Gavin Benjamin
- June 8, 2021 June 23, 2021
- 09:00
How employers can help staff dive back into in-person work
As Canadians watch the U.S. reopen with life returning to normal in various stages, in addition to thoughts of attending sporting events, concerts and gathering…
- By: Kim Siddall
- June 1, 2021 June 9, 2021
- 09:00
Value creation may be new cap rate compression in real estate investment
As the era of cap rate compression draws to a close, how can institutional investors maintain the outsized returns they’ve enjoyed for over a decade?…
- By: Sadiq Alladina
- May 27, 2021 June 1, 2021
- 10:00
Looking under the hood of jumbo transactions
The recent announcement that General Motors of Canada Co. purchased $1.8 billion of annuities for its salaried pension plan is creating a lot of excitement.…
- By: Brent Simmons
- May 11, 2021 May 12, 2021
- 09:53
Investing in low-carbon economy will pay off for pension plans
We are now in Month 14 of the coronavirus pandemic. For institutional investors like pension plans, this pandemic and its consequences highlight the reality of…
- By: Jaqui Parchment
- April 27, 2021 April 30, 2021
- 09:00