Overview Agenda Speakers Post Event Coverage PDF Presentations Face to Face Drug Plan Management Forum December 15, 2021 | Virtual event   Sandra Anderson, senior vice-president, commercialization and strategy, Innomar Strategies With more than 20 years of pharmaceutical and clinical experience, Sandra Anderson leads a diverse team of associates at Innomar Strategies that’s focused on […]

Webinars UPCOMING CONFERENCES PAST CONFERENCES UPCOMING WEBINARS PAST WEBINARS Drug Innovations Webinar Series: A spotlight on brain health Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025 (1:00 – 2:30 PM ET) Treatments to support brain health have new innovations on the horizon offering hope for plan members and their loved ones. This webinar will feature presentations about early Alzheimer’s […]

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Canadian employers are using bonuses to attract and retain employees in a difficult labour market, according to a new survey by Mercer. Half (50 per cent) of respondents said they’re providing sign-on bonuses for select new non-executive hires. And while 55 per cent aren’t offering retention bonuses, 35 per cent said they’re being provided for […]

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  • September 29, 2021 September 29, 2021
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Although Manitoba’s Pension Amendments Act takes effect on Oct. 1, pension plan sponsors are disappointed that the provisions allowing them to use reserve accounts to fund solvency deficiencies have been excluded from the proclamation. “The government has not indicated when the reserve account provisions will come into effect and sponsors are anxious because they would […]

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While 53 per cent of employees said their employer has provided good support during the coronavirus pandemic, 40 per cent reported difficulty in accessing mental-health care through their workplace benefits plan, according to a new survey by Mercer. The survey, conducted among 14,000 employees across 13 countries, found access to quality mental-health care was more […]

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  • September 20, 2021 September 20, 2021
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Preparing financially for retirement is a marathon filled with many obstacles along the way to a constantly shifting finish line. Even in 2021, female employees tend to have more obstacles and subsequently lag well behind their male counterparts when it comes to retirement savings. Women retire 30 per cent less wealthy than men, according to […]

Like many other countries around the world, Poland’s aging population is increasingly highlighting the topic of retirement savings. “Each year, the number of pensioners increase while the fertility rate decreases,” says Sebastian Ludwin, a Poland-based pension projects leader and business development manager at Aon. “On top of that, the public pension replacement rate also decreases […]

  • By: Blake Wolfe
  • September 17, 2021 September 16, 2021
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With 57 per cent of Canadian employees expecting flexible working arrangements to continue post-coronavirus pandemic, 54 per cent of Canadian employers are adopting a hybrid working arrangement, according to a new survey by Mercer Canada. The survey found 61 per cent of employees said they prefer to work from home and, currently, 77 per cent […]

  • By: Blake Wolfe
  • September 13, 2021 September 10, 2021
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It’s 18 months this week since a global coronavirus pandemic was first declared and employers are applying many hard lessons learned as Canadian organizations and employees stare down further uncertainty wrought by the Delta variant, fourth wave and stagnant vaccination rates. As the country and world looks towards another tumultuous fall and winter, employers are […]

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  • September 10, 2021 September 9, 2021
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The Toronto Transit Commission Pension Plan is naming Anthony Tang as its portfolio manager of public markets. In the new role, Tang will oversee about 39 per cent of the $8-billion plan’s total assets under management. As of its most recent investment report, published in 2020, the TTC’s pension plan had about $3.12 billion under […]

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  • September 7, 2021 September 7, 2021
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