Fees and fiduciary risk
Sponsors need to understand their responsibilities to minimize potential litigation.
- September 18, 2018 January 13, 2021
- 11:36
Top Stories in Expert Panel
Bringing high-intensity interval training into the workplace
Fall is a season of new beginnings. It’s a time when many workplaces introduce, or re-launch, weekly group exercise classes to get employees motivated to stay…
- September 18, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:00
Is there still a home bias in global investing?
Research shows that even global managers stick close to home sometimes
- By: Caroline Cakebread
- September 10, 2018 January 13, 2021
- 18:06
A look at the benefits of hybrid health plans
While the move to more defined contribution-style health benefits plans provides greater clarity and flexibility to plan sponsors, it would be natural to wonder whether or…
- September 4, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:30
Smaller hedge funds perform better
New research links diseconomies of scale to poor performance over time.
- September 3, 2018 January 13, 2021
- 09:11
A look at how some ASO plan sponsors are impacting stop-loss premiums
As September approaches, activity in the catastrophic stop-loss insurance market will start to heat up for self-insured plan sponsors. This is when the annual dance of…
- August 28, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:15
Consider health benefits, workplace policies as legal cannabis approaches
On Oct. 17, 2018, it will be legal to purchase and consume recreational cannabis in Canada. In a recent survey of Mercer’s employer clients and Canadian employees, we found…
- August 21, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:30
Governance lessons from B.C.’s public sector pension plans
While retirement income security is top of mind for many Canadians, British Columbia’s public sector pension plans are noteworthy models that can be emulated by sponsors…
- August 15, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:00
Look and measure before leaping into a workplace wellness program
It wouldn’t be reasonable to proceed with a blood transfusion without first confirming blood type, or order eyeglasses without first confirming the prescription. Why then, do…
- August 7, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:30
Take a psychological perspective when helping employees manage chronic pain
One in every five Canadian suffers from some form of chronic pain, a condition that often — though not always —starts with an injury or illness…
- July 31, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 17:00
Sovereign wealth funds scale back on real estate, infrastructure
The question is - will pension funds do the same?
- July 17, 2018 January 13, 2021
- 13:25
Tips for engaging employees in plan design changes
When employers are making changes, such as introducing a new benefits or pension offering, scaling back health benefits or changing plan design, it’s important to engage employees and give them…
- July 10, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:30
When market predictions fail
Ignore headlines and build resilience
- By: Scot Blythe
- July 3, 2018 January 20, 2021
- 11:06