Alternative investments, part 4 – Bridging the Gap
THE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE investment market is at an intriguing stage for institutional investors. Investors all over the world are increasingly becoming attracted to the stable,…
THE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE investment market is at an intriguing stage for institutional investors. Investors all over the world are increasingly becoming attracted to the stable,…
THE GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE investment market is at an intriguing stage for institutional investors. Investors all over the world are increasingly becoming attracted to the stable,…
IN THE MID- TO LATE-1990S, CIBC noticed a significant increase in the number of employees going on long-term disability(LTD). After examining its data, the bank…
Small size doesn’t necessarily mean small problems. In fact, many smaller-sized employers are often having to choose between benefits plans and pension plans to keep…
FUNDING ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH DEFINED BENEFIT(DB)pension plans continue to dominate pension news. Almost without exception, the stories about these DB plans have been quite gloomy…
When recounting the kind of person Jim Norton was both personally and professionally, Barry Noble, vicepresident, distribution for Manulife Financial in Toronto, recalls an incident…
Ontario municipalities and Canada’s largest civic unions are up in arms over Bill 206, which proposes to restructure the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS).…
Mergers and acquisitions present a host of challenges, among them, the need to rationalize benefit plans. By factoring communication into all phases of the benefit…
Pension governance is the system of structures and processes implemented to ensure both the compliance with laws and the effective and efficient administration and investment…
DO YOU HAVE AN OFFICE FULL OF THIRTY-SOMETHING MALE frontline managers? If you think you’re saving bundles on maternity leave costs, think again. You likely…
The most important component of the pension governance cycle is the development of prudent investment policy guidelines. The ultimate objective of this process is to…
On Jan.31, Ben Shalom Bernanke replaced the United States Federal Reserve(FED)Chairman of the board, Alan Greenspan. This important economic event will very likely have implications…
Could hybrid plans be the solution for today’s beleaguered pension plan sponsors? In a recent informal poll of Canadian pension and benefit executives, almost 25%…
BC: What should the new government do about pension sustainability? Hargrove: I agree with the Governor of the Bank of Canada, David Dodge, who says…
© Copyright 2006 Rogers Publishing Ltd. The following article first appeared in the March 2006 edition of BENEFITS CANADA magazine. Editorial: Thanks Jim Farewell to…
