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  • May 30, 2014 September 13, 2019
  • 07:00

This is the second of two parts. Part 1 was published on Wednesday. Canada Post’s recent dramatic decision to cut back some of its services to stay profitable put a spotlight on the challenges faced by businesses with a significantly underfunded pension plan. The timing couldn’t have been better for the panel discussion at Benefits […]

  • December 20, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 08:00

As DB pension plans approach higher funding levels—with funded ratios jumped from 82% to 94% in the first half of this year, per the Mercer Pension Health Index—sponsors are turning their attention to de-risking their portfolios.

  • December 18, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 15:34

The global economy is being run very poorly. Things are so bad that portfolio managers will need to build bomb shelters to keep assets safe.

  • May 10, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 08:54

Originally from our sister publication, Advisor.ca As it relates to Canada’s retirees, and near retirees, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s eighth, and some say his last, federal budget has received mixed reactions from industry stakeholders. They say its provisions neither improve nor impair the quality of life led by the nation’s seniors. The Canadian Association of […]

  • March 22, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 09:36

Chief economist John Greenwood says focus on the dividends.

  • January 16, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 09:29

With 91% of TMX shares tendered to the $3.8 billion takeover offer, Maple Group Acquisition Corp, a consortium of Canada’s leading banks and pension funds, now officially owns TMX Group Inc.

  • August 9, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 10:17

The lure of better rates, better service, streamlined administration, faster claims reimbursement and a more client focused service platform are the focal points used by carriers to attract employee benefits plan business.

  • July 13, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 07:49

CARP appears to be getting little industry support in its resistance to the federal government’s raising OAS eligibility from age 65 to age 67.

  • June 21, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 09:43

Emerging economies are still growing faster than developed countries, so investors must seize the opportunities beyond Canada’s borders.

  • June 20, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 08:50