Whether powerfully good or virally bad, social media is here and it is time for plan sponsors to figure out how to use it to enthuse, educate and encourage members to boost their financial prowess.
Standard Life been issued a licence to administer a federal pooled registered pension plan.
Canada’s largest DC plans had a good year in 2013. Figures released by the Canadian Institutional Investment Network show that the Top 10 DC plans across the country increased their assets in 2013. However, plan sponsors still worry about that many of their members are underprepared for retirement.
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OMERS reduced its ownership in a number of publicly traded companies in Canada and the United States at the end of the second quarter, according to a 13F filing with the Securites and Exchange Commission.
RBC Insurance is offering small and medium-size businesses a full range of benefits for groups with as few as two employees.
Of the seven billion people on this planet, two billion are connected to the Internet, six billion use mobile technology, and one billion have smartphones. From these statistics, it’s hard to imagine a world where mobile technology won’t be a part of the way providers and plan sponsors communicate and connect with their members.
Seven group benefits experts hold virtual counsel on how they’re using technology in the group provider space
While eight in 10 Canadian homeowners who have debt indicate it’s very important to be debt-free by the time they reach retirement, only 56% are confident they’ll achieve that goal, according to a survey by Manulife Bank of Canada.
IGM Financial has appointed Jeffrey R. Carney as the company’s new co-president and CEO, alongside Murray J. Taylor, effective May 6, 2013.