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Compiling your own investment playlist

Compiling your own investment playlist

Since the early days of radio, the music industry has come a long way as listeners can now customize playlists on their personal devices. A…

The right number: How much is enough?

The right number: How much is enough?

During the DC Plan Summit, participants broke off into small groups to discuss the major challenges facing plan sponsors. Here are some highlights of the…

New risks and the DC model

New risks and the DC model

During the DC Plan Summit, participants broke off into small groups to discuss the major challenges facing plan sponsors. Here are some highlights of the…

Retirement readiness in the DC world

Retirement readiness in the DC world

During the DC Plan Summit, participants broke off into small groups to discuss the major challenges facing plan sponsors. Here are some highlights of the…

Comparing a ‘to’ and ‘through’ approach to target-date funds

Comparing a ‘to’ and ‘through’ approach to target-date funds

While Canadians rely on individual savings more than they have in the past due to the decline in defined benefit pension plans, they’re susceptible to…

Diversified growth funds touted as flexible alternative amid low returns

Diversified growth funds touted as flexible alternative amid low returns

The default funds of the past may not meet members’ needs in the future because people are living longer and not saving enough amid an…

Why can’t people see into the future? A closer look at near-sightedness versus far-sightedness

Why can’t people see into the future? A closer look at near-sightedness versus far-sightedness

During the DC Plan Summit, participants broke off into small groups to discuss the major challenges facing plan sponsors. Here are some highlights of the…

Rethinking DC contributions: An individualized approach

Rethinking DC contributions: An individualized approach

During the DC Plan Summit, participants broke off into small groups to discuss the major challenges facing plan sponsors. Here are some highlights of the…

PC victory in Manitoba could signal bad news for CPP expansion

PC victory in Manitoba could signal bad news for CPP expansion

While Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives have been silent about their stance on an expansion to the Canada Pension Plan, experts predict the party’s victory Tuesday could mean the province…

  • By: Staff
  • April 20, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:50
EY enhances benefits for working parents

EY enhances benefits for working parents

EY is introducing new financial benefits for working parents, including financial assistance of up to $25,000 per family for adoption, reproductive technology procedures, and medically-necessary egg…

  • By: Staff
  • April 20, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:37
Employers integral to closing gender wage gap: report

Employers integral to closing gender wage gap: report

Ontario’s gender wage gap summary report, published Tuesday, says employers play a key role in addressing the issue and that changes in the workplace around flexibility,…

  • By: Jann Lee
  • April 20, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:20
How to draft a compensation plan for a CEO

How to draft a compensation plan for a CEO

Company profile Joey, 62, has been running a successful private mining company in Calgary for the past 15 years. He plans to leave the firm…

  • By: Staff
  • April 20, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 08:54
New Morneau EAP alliance reflects evolving benefits market in Asia

New Morneau EAP alliance reflects evolving benefits market in Asia

As multinational companies expand into new markets, services such as employee assistance programs are taking off on a global level as well. “At a macro level, there is a…

Canada Life facing gov’t financial sanctions following delayed benefits access for public employees

The federal government has begun imposing financial sanctions on the Canada Life Assurance Co. after months of outcry from public servants, retirees and their families who…

  • By: Staff
  • May 3, 2024 May 3, 2024
  • 15:00

ESG standards helping institutional investors realize positive annualized returns: study

Environmental, social and governance standards have helped investors generate positive annualized returns, with environmental investments leading the pack globally, according to a new study from…

  • By: Staff
  • May 3, 2024 May 3, 2024
  • 15:00

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

A story on how private payers are implementing preferred pharmacy networks to reduce benefits plan costs was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this week. Here…

  • By: Staff
  • May 3, 2024 May 2, 2024
  • 09:00

CPPIB sells 2.78% stake in India logistics firm

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is selling 2.78 per cent of its stake in India-based supply chain and logistics operator Delhivery Ltd. The total…

  • By: Staff
  • May 1, 2024 May 1, 2024
  • 15:00

Funded ratio of 100 largest U.S. corporate DB pension plans declines to 98.4% in fiscal 2023: report

The funded ratio of U.S. corporate defined benefit pension plans declined to 98.5 per cent in fiscal 2023 from 99.4 per cent in 2022, according…

  • By: Staff
  • May 1, 2024 April 30, 2024
  • 09:00

Expert panel: Have hedge funds budged on hurdle rates?

Even though it has been two years since the U.S. Federal Reserve started rapidly hiking interest rates, hedge fund managers aren’t more likely to have…