Real Estate and Global Capital Flows
Global real estate is blurring borders.
- November 2, 2016 September 13, 2019
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Global real estate is blurring borders.
How micro problems undermined a macro good news story
Protecting against longevity risk is one of the biggest challenges for people with defined contribution pension plans because, if they live longer than their savings last, they’re out of luck. But what if there was a way for defined contribution plans to offer a lifetime income? A mechanism to protect against longevity risk within defined […]
Before changes brought in by the federal government in the late 1980s, a mechanism to protect defined contribution plans against longevity risk used to exist. The University of British Columbia offered an option, known as the variable payment lifetime annuity, for itsplan members that provides a lifetime income. Through grandfathering, the arrangement continues despite the […]
With millennials on track to make up the majority of the Canadian workforce by 2020, it’s important for employers to learn how to create a benefits approach that can engage that generation and meet their needs, according to Peter Gove, innovation leader for health management at Green Shield Canada. At the 2016 Healthy Outcomes conference […]
In a society where people are busy and have little time to care for themselves, pharmacists may have a larger role to play in helping plan members stay healthy, said Angelo Tsebelis, director of payor partnerships at Shoppers Drug Mart and Loblaw Companies Ltd. At the 2016 Healthy Outcomes conference in Toronto on June 10, […]
Which political factors drive returns?
Group registered retirement savings plans were in the hot seat when the Ontario government declared they wouldn’t be comparable for the purposes of the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan. But now that Ontario is backing away from the ORPP after the June agreement to enhance the Canada Pension Plan, what’s the impact on group RRSPs? The […]
Coverage of the 2016 Global Investment Conference
With an aging workforce and the large number of people over the age of 40 having at least one chronic condition, employers have an incentive to learn how to support their employees to remain active in the workforce. That was the focus of a session presented by Karen Joudrey, academic program co-ordinator of the disability […]