Why Canadian investors are stuck in their own Groundhog Day
In the 1993 movie Groundhog Day, the main character, Phil Connors, played by Bill Murray, is doomed to repeat February 2 over and over again until…
- April 4, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:27
Top Stories in Expert Panel
Why drug plan sponsors need more complete information
Making decisions with incomplete information can be a fact of life for anyone – personally or professionally. That being said, the degree of information that plan sponsors,…
- March 28, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:31
How the oil bust could be ballooning your benefits costs
Alberta is not the same place it was just 18 months ago when West Texas Intermediate crude oil was trading around US$100 per barrel. That’s…
- March 21, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:37
Transfer of DC plan assets improved under Ontario’s current regime
New pension asset transfer rules governing single-employer pension plans (SEPPs) came into effect in Ontario on Jan. 1, 2014. The Ontario government recently released a…
- March 14, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:30
Anxiety: The whole world is watching
Everybody worries. Did I do enough research before buying that house/car/laptop? Did I leave early enough to make it to work on time? Will the…
- February 29, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:12
Employer-sponsored drug plans becoming risky business
The financial risk to employers that provide prescription drug benefits for their employees has increased significantly over the past decade. Few employers have been lucky enough…
- February 16, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:30
Pension risk management in challenging times
In recent years, pension plan sponsors were optimistic about upcoming de-risking activity. In a Towers Watson (now Willis Towers Watson) survey conducted in the summer…
- February 9, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:30
Why decumulation is essential in retirement planning
Retirement planning has two equal sides, one in which the focus is saving for retirement (accumulation) and the other in which your focus is managing…
- February 5, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:15
Are You Ready for CAP Decumulation?
Plan sponsors need to prepare - and know their obligations to members.
- January 20, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 15:58
Dismal start to 2016 signals more challenges ahead
The New Year is often greeted with enthusiasm and optimism. Not so 2016, which appears to be more of the same – volatile equity markets,…
- January 20, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 08:42
A New Year’s resolution conversation for ASO plan sponsors
If you are an [administrative services only (ASO)] plan sponsor, 2015 probably looked something like this with respect to your drug plan experience: Flat or…
- January 12, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 09:31
New Year’s resolutions for your benefits program
The start of a New Year brings with it new beginnings and new possibilities. As a result, many of us choose to make resolutions to…
- January 7, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 10:59
Stop loss under siege
Stop-loss pools are under continued pressure to accommodate the ever-increasing number of claims for high-cost drugs. The explosion of claims for drugs to treat the…
- January 4, 2016 September 13, 2019
- 10:04