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2024 Top 50 DC Plans Report: How are plan sponsors using AI to affect pension member experience, savings outcomes?

The Co-operative Superannuation Society Pension Plan is in the middle of a years-long digital transformation that’s aiming to improve member experience. In addition to introducing…

New technologies, industry partnerships stemming the tide of benefits fraud

In 2016, the Toronto Transit Commission sued its insurer for allegedly not having appropriate benefits fraud controls in place to detect unusual trends or patterns.…

How institutional investors are approaching digital infrastructure assets

For institutional investors looking to add some glitz to their portfolio, digital infrastructure may not be the right asset class. Benn Mikula and his colleagues…

City of Montreal navigating volatility driven by global equities

As institutional investors’ results expectations continue to expand at a rampant speed, Errico Cocchi doesn’t want to get lost in overcomplicated investment trends. “At the…

Q&A with Manulife Canada’s Michelle DeBeyer

The insurance company’s vice-president and head of human resources discusses embracing artificial intelligence and taking time to sit back, relax and connect with family. Q:…

Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week

An article on International Business Machines Corp.’s latest pension risk transfer was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources,…

  • By: Staff
  • September 20, 2024 September 19, 2024
  • 09:00

Editorial: Many happy returns

With the return of autumn, change is once again in the air. For the last nine months, I’ve lead the editorial team at Benefits Canada…

  • By: Blake Wolfe
  • September 13, 2024 September 12, 2024
  • 09:00

Head to head: Are employers reversing the ‘she-cession’ in the post-pandemic era?

One chief executive officer acknowledges that employers have made promising progress, while a human resources director argues more work needs to be done. Jodi Kovitz,…

  • By: Sadie Janes
  • September 13, 2024 November 14, 2024
  • 08:59

How Manulife is supporting employees through the many stages of their health journeys

When Jennifer Young, a global human resources business solutions consultant at Manulife Financial Corp., found out she was expecting her first child in 2021, she…

How employers can support female employees’ financial, retirement wellness

Brianne Collins, age 29, has worked as a senior copywriter at a large Toronto-based advertising agency for just over a year. Collins’ agency supports employee…

  • By: Brooke Smith
  • September 13, 2024 September 12, 2024
  • 08:57

2024 CAP Member Survey: How CAPs are supporting employee financial wellness amid growing economic uncertainty

From 2016 to 2024, fewer plan members are confident they’ve saved enough for retirement. Indeed, Benefits Canada’s 2024 CAP Member Survey found plan members’ optimism…

  • By: Blake Wolfe
  • September 13, 2024 October 7, 2024
  • 08:56

IMCO betting big on private assets amid demand for sustainability

The Investment Management Corp. of Ontario is looking at private assets as an opportunity to support investment returns across various Ontario-based pension plans. “We believe…

How plan sponsors can support employees going through a divorce

Going through a divorce can be an extremely stressful and emotional experience and, unsurprisingly, the impacts can spill into the workplace. “[Employees may be] at…

  • By: Kelsey Rolfe
  • September 13, 2024 September 12, 2024
  • 08:54

Editorial: Sleep is the best medicine in an increasingly foreboding world

It’s been nearly two years since I slept through the night — my 15-month-old daughter is still waking up to nurse and I wasn’t sleeping…

Head to head: Do mental-health first aiders do more harm than good?

While research so far indicates being a mental-health first aid trainee is neither clearly beneficial or harmful, it’s also important to consider potential risks and…

How 5 employers are designing mental-health benefits that cater to a diverse workforce

Most Canadian benefits plan sponsors (89 per cent) and members (73 per cent) agree their workplace environment supports mental wellness, according to the 2024 Benefits…