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Young Canadian employees have lowest levels of well-being: report

Sadie Janes — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:00:28 +0000

Among working generations of Canadians, employees aged 20 to 29 have the lowest general well-being, reporting a score of 46.9 out of 100, according to a new report by Dialogue Health Technologies Inc. The report analyzed data from 6,400 Canadians and uncovered insights across five dimensions of well-being: mood, stress, sleep, activeness and sense of […]

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2023 Investment Innovation Conference: How institutional investors can optimize academic research to mitigate risk, generate alpha

lbailey — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 12:57:07 +0000

The University of California San Diego’s Kroner Center for Financial Research is examining four research areas that can assist institutional investors in determining successful strategies that mitigate risk and generate alpha, said its executive director Michael Melvin, during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2023 Investment Innovation Conference in November. The think tank’s advisory council, which is comprised […]

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Real return bonds support pension risk management, provide liability data: ACPM

bwolfe — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:00:36 +0000

The Association of Canadian Pension Management is urging the federal government to reverse its position on the cessation of real return bonds and open a stakeholder consultation on the matter. In an open letter, the ACPM said the real return bonds are an important tool in building a balanced portfolio that manages inflation risk. In […]

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Canadian employers projecting smaller compensation increases in 2024: survey

bwolfe — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 19:00:11 +0000

Canadian employers are projecting, on average, 3.3 per cent for merit increase budgets and 3.7 per cent for total increase budgets in 2024, compared to 3.6 per cent and 4.1 per cent, respectively, in 2023, according to a new survey by Mercer Canada. “In the face of economic uncertainty and reduced labour market pressure, employer […]

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Survey finds 60% of plan sponsors reporting increased health benefits costs

bwolfe — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 13:00:12 +0000

Three-fifths (60 per cent) of benefits plan sponsors say the costs of their health benefits plan increased in the past three years, according to the 2023 Benefits Canada Healthcare Survey. It found this percentage decreased from 66 per cent when the question was last asked in 2016 and was unchanged from 2015 (60 per cent). […]

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Feds’ plan to discontinue Canada mortgage bonds may limit pension funds’ abilities to mitigate risk: PIAC

lbailey — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 13:00:18 +0000

The federal government’s plan to consolidate Canada mortgage bonds into the Government of Canada bond program could limit pension funds’ ability to mitigate risk through diversification, according to the Pension Investment Association of Canada. In an open letter to Finance Canada, the PIAC said the move may force institutional investors to choose between accepting lower […]

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Five Canadian pension funds receive top scores for transparency: benchmark

bwolfe — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 19:00:57 +0000

Five Canadian pension funds are among the most transparent in the world, according to the global pension transparency benchmark, a collaboration between Top1000funds.com and CEM Benchmarking Inc. The benchmark, launched in 2021, measures the transparency of disclosures of 15 pension systems across measurements such as cost, governance, performance and responsible investing. The Canada Pension Plan […]

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2023 GIC coverage: How OPTrust is building resilient portfolios with help of external managers

lbailey — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:43:06 +0000

When investing in external asset managers, pension funds are really investing in teams of people, according to Brandon Gill New, director and head of multi-strategy investing and digital assets at the OPSEU Pension Trust, speaking during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2023 Global Investment Conference. “It’s not like buying a stock or a bond,” she said, […]

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Highlighting link between oral health, holistic well-being in dental plan design

lbailey — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 12:52:10 +0000

When workplace dental plans are designed to promote employees’ proactive oral health, it can reduce overall benefits plan expenditures, including the cost of medications. Forty per cent of adults are at high risk of poor oral health, including adults with special needs, people with type 2 diabetes, the elderly or frail and those with mental-health […]

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