May 2015

Health benefits

Your employee has tried to treat her depression with at least two different medications but nothing seems to be working. She’s not alone: research suggests…

Unequal funding and treatment for cancer costs everyone, including employers

Fixed income

What’s an investment manager to do in a low interest rate environment?

Defined benefit pensions

Today’s retirees are in a good place, but pre-retirees aren’t getting the help they need

De-risking is a term we’ve heard often in the last few years, as is liability-driven investing. But, in a sense, neither should be necessary, as…

Alternative investments

In the quest for yield, some pension funds are buying riskier insurance products

Benefits Canada News

Your employee has tried to treat her depression with at least two different medications but nothing seems to be working. She’s not alone: research suggests…

What’s an investment manager to do in a low interest rate environment?

Today’s retirees are in a good place, but pre-retirees aren’t getting the help they need

De-risking is a term we’ve heard often in the last few years, as is liability-driven investing. But, in a sense, neither should be necessary, as…

In the quest for yield, some pension funds are buying riskier insurance products

The month in numbers 66% of DC plan sponsors worldwide prefer a target-date fund as their plan’s default investment option — 2014 Vanguard survey US$57,000…

Coffee with... Marie-Josée Boivin, vice-president of HR with Bell Canada

How can employers offer a better, more efficient DC plan?

When we think about employee health, we often focus on the physical element. That type of health is visible, and when changes occur, you can…

Emoticons used to scare me. I used to think people wouldn’t take me seriously if I included them in professional correspondence. I thought I’d be…

Outsourcing your plan’s CIO function means sacrificing some control, but it could save you time and money

As the baby boomer generation moves en masse toward retirement, there’s been a lot of talk about retirement income adequacy—and a lot of concern. Are…

Unequal funding and treatment for cancer costs everyone, including employers

Moving its EFAP off-campus has given University of Calgary staff more confidentiality and work/life balance when they need it the most

Health/wellness

Your employee has tried to treat her depression with at least two different medications but nothing seems to be working. She’s not alone: research suggests…

Coffee with... Marie-Josée Boivin, vice-president of HR with Bell Canada

When we think about employee health, we often focus on the physical element. That type of health is visible, and when changes occur, you can…

Moving its EFAP off-campus has given University of Calgary staff more confidentiality and work/life balance when they need it the most

Capital accumulation plans

Today’s retirees are in a good place, but pre-retirees aren’t getting the help they need

How can employers offer a better, more efficient DC plan?