The Pension Investment Association of Canada is prioritizing the protection of employment-based pension coverage in 2023. “Our members are concerned that well-intentioned regulatory changes, such as Bill C-228, may actually diminish employers’ support for pensions,” says Graeme Hay (pictured), the PIAC’s new chair and chief investment officer at Manitoba’s Teachers’ Retirement Allowances Fund, referring to a […]
Samantha Cleyn joins BMO Global Asset Management (BMO GAM) as Managing Director, Head of Institutional Sales & Service from T. Rowe Price Canada where she managed the firm’s institutional efforts nationally. Samantha is a recognized leader in the Canadian institutional asset management community. Her breadth of experience includes 11 years as a senior investment consultant […]
OVERVIEW AGENDA SPEAKERS ACTIVITIES LOCATION POST EVENT COVERAGE Speaker Jonathan Barry, managing director, head of client solutions, investment solutions group, MFS Investment Management Jonathan Barry is managing director and head of client solutions in the investment solutions group at MFS Investment Management. In the role, he’s responsible for working with pension plan sponsor clients to […]
The uncertainty about the direction interest rates will move in 2023 means defined benefit pension plan sponsors should be reconsidering their asset allocation strategies, says Ben Ukonga, principal at Mercer. “I don’t think anybody knows when, or if, interest rates will come down. If [inflation] comes down, the Bank of Canada’s likely to stop increasing […]
The average solvency ratio of Canadian defined benefit pension plans grew by 10 per cent in 2022, according to a new report by Mercer Canada. The report, which looked at the overall 2022 performance of more than 500 Canadian DB plans in the consultancy’s pension database, found the median solvency ratio reached 113 per cent […]
Last October, Ontario’s pay equity office reported Canadian women received an average of 18 per cent less retirement income than men in 2020, which is three per cent higher than the gap observed in 1976, the earliest year for which data is available. How has progress moved backwards in the past 44 years, even though women are […]
OVERVIEW AGENDA SPEAKERS ACTIVITIES LOCATION POST EVENT COVERAGE Speaker Pat Leo, vice-president, Longevity Retirement Solutions In Leo’s current role as vice-president of Longevity Retirement Solutions with Purpose Investments, he focuses on delivering innovative retirement solutions, thought leadership and dedicated service to institutional clients across Canada. He has more than 20 years of experience in financial […]
In Canada, the year-over-year cost increase for claims under a medical plan on a per-person basis is projected to reach seven per cent in 2023, according to a new report by Mercer. The report, which analyzed responses from more than 200 insurers across 56 countries, found the global year-over-year cost is expected to increase to […]
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is supporting employee wellness with a new platform that focuses on healthy lifestyle tips and group well-being challenges. The platform allows employees to access a variety of health and wellness resources from anywhere, get personalized well-being information created by experts and learn easy ways to be more active and […]
OVERVIEW AGENDA SPEAKERS ACTIVITIES LOCATION POST EVENT COVERAGE Speaker Christine van Staden, regional vice-president, group customer, national accounts, Canada Life Christine van Staden joined Canada Life in 2015 as vice-president of group retirement services and national accounts, responsible for leading the national accounts team in selling and retaining group retirement and savings business in the […]