The Trudeau effect: Part two
Is Canada's underwhelming market performance Trudeau's fault?
- October 4, 2018 January 13, 2021
- 13:53
Top Stories in Expert Panel
How to use benefits to support diversity and inclusion
Creating and supporting an environment of diversity and inclusion is top of mind for most employers today. With increasing globalization and a highly competitive marketplace,…
- October 2, 2018 March 21, 2022
- 08:30
Revisiting the case for investing in emerging market equities
Last year, I wrote about emerging market equities and whether their time had finally come. Should investors be considering an allocation to the asset class,…
- September 25, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:30
In private markets, think small
Why bigger isn't always better when it comes to choosing companies
- By: Scot Blythe
- September 25, 2018 January 13, 2021
- 07:07
Fees and fiduciary risk
Sponsors need to understand their responsibilities to minimize potential litigation.
- September 18, 2018 January 13, 2021
- 11:36
Bringing high-intensity interval training into the workplace
Fall is a season of new beginnings. It’s a time when many workplaces introduce, or re-launch, weekly group exercise classes to get employees motivated to stay…
- September 18, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:00
Is there still a home bias in global investing?
Research shows that even global managers stick close to home sometimes
- By: Caroline Cakebread
- September 10, 2018 January 13, 2021
- 18:06
A look at the benefits of hybrid health plans
While the move to more defined contribution-style health benefits plans provides greater clarity and flexibility to plan sponsors, it would be natural to wonder whether or…
- September 4, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:30
Smaller hedge funds perform better
New research links diseconomies of scale to poor performance over time.
- September 3, 2018 January 13, 2021
- 09:11
A look at how some ASO plan sponsors are impacting stop-loss premiums
As September approaches, activity in the catastrophic stop-loss insurance market will start to heat up for self-insured plan sponsors. This is when the annual dance of…
- August 28, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:15
Consider health benefits, workplace policies as legal cannabis approaches
On Oct. 17, 2018, it will be legal to purchase and consume recreational cannabis in Canada. In a recent survey of Mercer’s employer clients and Canadian employees, we found…
- August 21, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:30
Governance lessons from B.C.’s public sector pension plans
While retirement income security is top of mind for many Canadians, British Columbia’s public sector pension plans are noteworthy models that can be emulated by sponsors…
- August 15, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:00
Look and measure before leaping into a workplace wellness program
It wouldn’t be reasonable to proceed with a blood transfusion without first confirming blood type, or order eyeglasses without first confirming the prescription. Why then, do…
- August 7, 2018 September 13, 2019
- 08:30