Five fitness, health and wellness trends for 2019
A new year typically brings a renewed focus on health and wellness both at the personal level, via goals or resolutions, and at the corporate…
- January 8, 2019 September 13, 2019
- 09:00
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Five benefits trends and issues to watch in 2019
For most of my 25 years in the benefits industry, the pace of change has been more evolutionary than revolutionary. However, the past few years have seen…
- December 31, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:00
A look ahead at pension legislative changes for 2019
While 2018 ushered in a number of significant changes to Ontario’s pension legislation, including a major revamping of the funding rules for defined benefit plans,…
- December 28, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:30
Four investment themes for a turbulent 2019
Looking ahead to the new year, 2019 is shaping up to be another challenging one for institutional investors looking for strategies to generate sufficient returns to meet their…
- December 27, 2018 January 12, 2021
- 08:00
How to apply investment principles to your own life in 2019
When it comes to investment principles, you probably think of your job as an institutional investor or a pension plan manager. Occasionally, you may think…
- December 20, 2018 January 12, 2021
- 13:22
ESG: Valuing the intangibles
Share price dispersion remains prevalent in equity markets, but today’s active managers are having difficulty extracting alpha. They may not be looking in the right…
- By: Scot Blythe
- December 19, 2018 January 12, 2021
- 08:10
Equity market turmoil and the active investment debate
It should come as no surprise that asset owner sentiment is currently dominated by late-cycle tensions. Among pension plans and other institutional investors, this has…
- December 19, 2018 January 12, 2021
- 08:04
Artificial Intelligence: Science Fiction or Reality?
Seventeen years after Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence, the concept of AI has evolved from a figment of our imagination to a topic that is…
- December 18, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 09:58
Is it a good time for plan sponsors to revisit value investing?
Many institutional investors include value-oriented equity strategies in their portfolio to provide protection during declining equity markets. But not all value strategies are created equal, as…
- December 18, 2018 January 12, 2021
- 08:00
Living in the midst of risk: why population shifts are unavoidable
Risk takes many forms and extends beyond investing. With 25 years in the CIA, David Bridges, now a research analyst at Fidelity Investments, thinks we…
- By: Scot Blythe
- December 18, 2018 January 20, 2021
- 07:42
Four disruptive trends facing fixed income
When it comes to disruption, people typically talk about technology and its impact on jobs, society, and the global economy. But disruption is also happening…
- By: Caroline Cakebread
- December 18, 2018 January 20, 2021
- 07:41
Expanding risks, expanding risk frameworks
At the first Risk Management Conference, 20 years ago, there were many things plan sponsors probably weren’t thinking about. Currency, for example, says Marlene Puffer,…
- By: Scot Blythe
- December 14, 2018 January 12, 2021
- 11:09
Wellness tips for motivating apathetic employees
People know they shouldn’t be smoking, just as they know they need to move their bodies more, eat real food and save for retirement. But a lack…
- December 11, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:15