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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…

PepsiCo Canada’s winning DEI strategy linking inclusion to employee well-being

PepsiCo Canada’s 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards win demonstrates how weaving diversity, equity and inclusion into strategic business practices can foster employee mental health and wellness.…

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63% of North American institutional investors sticking to long-term strategy amid election noise: survey

Nearly two-thirds (63 per cent) of North American institutional investors say they’re sticking to their long-term investment strategy amid the short-term noise of the various…

  • By: Staff
  • October 23, 2024 October 22, 2024
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IMAX awarded for education campaign during transition to flexible benefits plan

IMAX Corp. won the Benefits Plan Communications award at Benefits Canada’s 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards on Oct. 18 for its use of engaging technology tools to…

88% of SMEs experiencing challenges finding skilled talent: survey

Nearly nine in 10 (88 per cent) Canadian small- and medium-sized employers say they’re experiencing challenges finding skilled talent, according to a new survey by…

  • By: Staff
  • October 22, 2024 October 22, 2024
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Canada’s retirement system ranks No. 17 out of 48 countries, has room for improvement: report

Canada’s retirement system ranks No. 17 out of 48 countries, down from No. 12 in 2023, according to a new report by Mercer and the…

  • By: Staff
  • October 22, 2024 October 21, 2024
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Colliers lands award win for individualized, interventional approach to absence management

Colliers International Group Inc.’s interventional and individualized approach to employee absences led to a win for best Absence Management program at Benefits Canada’s 2024 Workplace…

Climate risk, energy transition presenting institutional investors with long-term opportunities

Climate risk and energy transition present huge investment opportunities for pension plan sponsors seeking to invest for the long term, said Bertrand Millot, head of…

OMERS launching new resources guide to support members’ retirement security

The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System recently launched a new hub on its member website dedicated to retirement income sources. The new webpage is designed to…

  • By: Staff
  • October 21, 2024 October 21, 2024
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Who are the winners of the 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards?

Benefits Canada is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 Workplace Benefits Awards. The awards, which were presented at the end of the 2024 Healthy…

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  • October 21, 2024 October 15, 2024
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Coverage of the 2024 Risk Management Conference

Across from Ottawa’s Parliament Hill, where the wheels behind the force of the nation’s power in governance and oversight turn, a group of pension and…

  • October 21, 2024 October 21, 2024
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2024 Risk Management Conference: U.S. facing funding questions from retiring population

Anti-market sentiment in the U.S. is gaining momentum with both Democrats and Republicans, according to David Frum, a writer at The Atlantic, during the keynote…

2024 Risk Management Conference: Managing unintended investment risks goes beyond simply reviewing allocation strategies

The risk associated with high-profile name concentration in technology equities is pushing institutional investors to consider risk-mitigating strategies, according to Nick Zylkowski, managing director and…

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2024 Risk Management Conference: Supply, demand issues steering institutional investors toward multi-family rental market

The fundamentals of the Canadian housing market are incredibly strong because they’re underpinned by a significant imbalance of supply and demand that will be present…

2024 Risk Management Conference: Long-term returns of sustainable private market assets outweighing short-term risks

Sustainable investing needs to take a much more nuanced approach today than it did in the past, according to Edward Vaughan Dixon, head of sustainability…

2024 Risk Management Conference: AI, energy transition shaping worldwide investment trends at the IMCO

The Investment Management Corp. of Ontario is making its strategic allocation decisions based on a guideline of worldwide events that will shape investment themes for…

2024 Risk Management Conference: How institutional investors can find risk-adjusted returns with generic assets

Exposure to generic asset pricing factors can help deliver risk-adjusted returns, according to Ryan Taliaferro, senior vice-president and director of investment strategies at Acadian Asset Management,…

2024 Risk Management Conference: How can AI play a bigger role in investment decisions?

Institutional investors are missing opportunities to use artificial intelligence for effective decision-making, according to Ruslan Goyenko, an associate professor of finance at McGill University, speaking…

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2024 Risk Management Conference: TTC Pension Plan using due diligence, storytelling to communicate risk analyses to board

When communicating risk management posturing to executive boards, it’s important for pension plan sponsors to tell a cohesive and fulsome story, said Danny Ip, director of investment…

2024 Risk Management Conference: A look at the first days of the WISE Trust: it ‘felt like a startup’

Overseeing the transition of a single-employer pension plan to a jointly sponsored one felt at times like launching a startup firm, according to Theo Heldman,…

2024 Risk Management Conference: Panel: Expanding access to DB pension plans best way to maintain sustainability

Longevity risk is still among the top concerns keeping defined benefit pension plan sponsors up at night. While a 62-year-old person that retired in 2002…

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Peel Region enhancing communication strategy with online employee service centre

The Regional Municipality of Peel is enhancing its communication strategy with its employee service centre, says Deborah Arsenault, the regional government’s chief human resources officer.…

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Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week

An article on how ‘carewashing’ can negatively impact employers’ well-being strategies was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human…

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  • October 18, 2024 October 17, 2024
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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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Average Canadian DB pension plan returns 0.4% in September: report

The funded position of a typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan decreased to 107 per cent in August, down from to 107.8 per cent at the…

  • By: Staff
  • October 17, 2024 October 15, 2024
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