Mindful benefits plan design should consider mental health
Mental illness and problems with mental health cost employers $20 billion annually, and it’s the cause of one in every three claims for short- and…
- April 2, 2019 September 13, 2019
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Investment strategies for frozen DB plans
\Over the course of the last 15 years we have seen an increase in the number of frozen corporate defined benefit plans in Canada. Frozen…
- April 1, 2019 January 10, 2021
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What do pension benefits guarantee fund changes mean for plan sponsors?
Alongside recent reforms to funding rules for Ontario-registered defined benefit pension plans, the Ontario government also made changes to the pension benefits guarantee fund, including improvements…
- March 26, 2019 September 13, 2019
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The role of incentives in wellness programming
The mantra “build it and they will come” may have worked in the 1989 movie Field of Dreams, but it doesn’t always work with wellness…
- March 12, 2019 September 13, 2019
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Cryptocurrency exchange failure highlights due diligence in investment decisions
As with any new investment, there are always risks that have to be carefully weighted before proceeding. The recent failure of cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX (QX)…
- March 5, 2019 January 20, 2021
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The value-added proposition of group benefits MGAs and TPAs
Plan sponsors are faced with competing offers by insurance carriers, group managing general agents and third-party administrators, as each group promotes their own unique, yet…
- February 26, 2019 September 13, 2019
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A summary of Ontario’s changing employment and labour legislation
Many of the changes that were introduced to Ontario’s Employment Standards Act in January 2018 were short-lived, as the province’s new government elected in June…
- February 19, 2019 September 13, 2019
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Setting a prudent asset mix policy for an aboriginal trust
Over the last few years we have seen numerous First Nations’ settlements with the government. The amounts of these settlements are typically large and can,…
- February 13, 2019 January 12, 2021
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Dress up pension communications for better impact
I recently flew to Los Angeles to visit my sister, and right before the standard safety video, the onboard screens showed an appealing commercial for a…
- February 12, 2019 September 13, 2019
- 08:55
Sounding Board: Investment risk considerations for CAP sponsors
No risk, no reward. Like many things in life, investing inertia and fear are common, but they come with a cost. In the investment world,…
- February 6, 2019 January 12, 2021
- 09:20
How to predict benefits plan spending for January 2020
Something interesting happened this month as we examined the 2018 experience of two different plan sponsors in two separate geographies with different demographics. The only similarity between…
- January 29, 2019 September 13, 2019
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Three tips for a healthy group retirement plan
Since plan administrators and sponsors aren’t generally pension or group retirement specialists, they depend on information from consultants and record keepers to determine the choices they’re…
- January 22, 2019 September 13, 2019
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Evolving trends in absence and disability management
With the start of a new year, organizations have new goals and budgets to meet. Many organizations take the new year as an opportunity to…
- January 15, 2019 September 13, 2019
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