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A well-designed group benefits plan can be critical to attracting and retaining the right talent, as well as keeping employees healthy and productive at work.…

Capital accumulation plans

Setting up a DC plan can be relatively easy; getting your employees to enrol and make smart investing decisions is much harder.

Earlier this year, Benefits Canada hosted its annual DC Plan Summit. As part of the agenda, Ole Settergren from the Swedish Pension Agency talked about…

Defined benefit pensions

The last bastion of DB plans—the public sector—is under attack, but there’s still life in the DB model

Benefits Canada News

A well-designed group benefits plan can be critical to attracting and retaining the right talent, as well as keeping employees healthy and productive at work.…

Setting up a DC plan can be relatively easy; getting your employees to enrol and make smart investing decisions is much harder.

When I get ticked off with something a man does, I usually say, “Well, they die sooner.” And that’s true: Statistics Canada’s 2009 numbers put…

The last bastion of DB plans—the public sector—is under attack, but there’s still life in the DB model

For more on the current state of Canada’s DB plans, check out our 2015 Top 100 Pension Funds Report Health Byte Drink Up! Ignore all…

The cost of prescription drugs has been rising fast. Driven by novel and improved treatments for illnesses such as hepatitis C and cancer, fewer drugs…

Responsible investment (RI)—integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into investment selection and management—is becoming mainstream.

Earlier this year, Benefits Canada hosted its annual DC Plan Summit. As part of the agenda, Ole Settergren from the Swedish Pension Agency talked about…

Health benefits

A well-designed group benefits plan can be critical to attracting and retaining the right talent, as well as keeping employees healthy and productive at work.…

The cost of prescription drugs has been rising fast. Driven by novel and improved treatments for illnesses such as hepatitis C and cancer, fewer drugs…