During the last G-20 Summit, June 26 and 27, 2010, Toronto’s usually bustling downtown core became a ghost town as authorities established a security zone in preparation for anticipated protests.
There’s nothing like a good debate—especially when it concerns saving money.
Absenteeism is an issue every employer must deal with. But how do employers deal with it before it becomes a serious problem? That was the focus of Benefits Canada's Face to Face Workforce Management half-day conference in Toronto yesterday.
For Dr. Stanley Dermer, chief psychiatrist for D.W. Dermer & Associates, mental health in the workplace is associated with two metaphors: an elephant and an iceberg.
Four years after the credit crisis, Europe still remains in fiscal disrepair. “Europe is now the poster child for risk,” said Derek Burleton, vice-president and deputy chief economist with TD Economics, speaking yesterday at TD Asset Management’s Sharing of Knowledge Learning Series in Toronto.
There’s nary a bull or bear to be seen on Bay Street these days. That’s because we’re in a sideways market. That was the message Kim Shannon, president and chief investment officer of Sionna Investment Managers, presented at the firm’s Financial Market Review in Toronto yesterday.
In a way, Frank Swedlove is in the security business. Indirectly, he helps Canadians with life, health and retirement issues as president of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA), a trade organization for insurers across the country.
Over the years, employers have done a lot to improve the health and safety of employees in the workplace—but the mental health side of the house has been left out, says Dr. Heather Stuart, a professor in the Department of Community Heath & Epidemiology at Queen’s University.
On Dec. 8, 2008, Bernie Madoff—then chair of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC—was arrested after admitting that the hedge fund part of his business was an elaborate Ponzi scheme (a fraudulent operation in which early investors are paid with money from later investors).
Liability driven investment (LDI) can help DB pension plans match their assets to their liabilities. But it’s not an approach adopted by every plan.