2021 GIC coverage: Cutting through the ESG greenwash
In his keynote address at the 2021 Global Investment Conference, Karthik Ramanna, professor of business and public policy at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School…
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2021 GIC coverage: Finding hidden value in emerging market currencies
This year has been a difficult one for emerging market currencies, but there are signs that 2022 will give investors reason to be optimistic. “For…
- By: Gideon Scanlon
- November 9, 2021 November 8, 2021
- 07:56
2021 GIC coverage: The evolution of ESG investing
The recent emphasis on environmental, social and governance issues among pension investors will continue to dominate industry conversations in the future, according to a panel…
- By: Gideon Scanlon
- November 9, 2021 November 8, 2021
- 07:49
What plan sponsors need to know about employees with atopic dermatitis
Atopic dermatitis affects all areas of patients’ lives, including their work and productivity, said Lyn Guenther, professor of dermatology at Western University, during Benefits Canada’s…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- April 9, 2021 April 6, 2021
- 09:00
Applying chronic disease principles to supporting plan members with obesity
Benefits plans tend to cover care for common chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and chronic obstructive lung disease. But the one they often don’t…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- April 9, 2021 April 6, 2021
- 09:00
Sleep Country Canada’s employee experience app taking centre stage amid pandemic
With a diverse and geographically spread-out employee population of office workers, retail store associates and delivery drivers, Sleep Country Canada’s human resources team knew it…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021
- 08:59
Desjardins making Telus Health’s Medisys On-Demand available to plan sponsors
When Desjardins Insurance wanted to determine the value of virtual health care in employer-sponsored benefits plans, it used its own employees as guinea pigs. The…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- March 5, 2021 March 6, 2021
- 08:58
Haleo helping benefits plan members overcome insomnia
Embarking on a workplace chronic illness or mental-health strategy is incomplete without factoring in sleep, said Bradley Smith, chief executive officer of Haleo Clinic, during…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021
- 08:57
Chronically Simple streamlining health benefits information management
It took Kristy Dickinson almost seven years, numerous appointments with health-care providers and multiple failed treatment plans to be diagnosed with a complex, rare disease.…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021
- 08:56
Dexcom Canada’s taking the sting out of monitoring glucose levels with its G6 CGM system
Uncontrolled diabetes can have a major impact on the workplace, driving absenteeism and impaired presenteeism rates, as well as short- and long-term disability, said Sarah…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021
- 08:55
Morneau Shepell’s digital mental-health service easing pandemic stress
As Canadians face worsening overall mental health and heightened levels of stress during the coronavirus pandemic, internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy can be a powerful tool…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021
- 08:54
SEB’s FlexPlus is simplifying the benefits plan enrolment process
Navigating the benefits plan enrolment process — and the multiple service providers in a benefits offering — can be a challenge for employees with plenty…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- March 5, 2021 March 5, 2021
- 08:53
‘The rules of the game are changing’: DB pension plans and climate scenario risk analysis
Defined benefit plan sponsors are undoubtedly familiar with scenario risk analysis, but applying that concept to their portfolio’s climate risk is a whole new ballgame.…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- December 16, 2020 January 19, 2021
- 09:35
DB pensions staring down paltry bond returns heading into 2021
Central banks slowing their quantitative easing policies and economic improvements off the back of wide-scale vaccination efforts should both provide bond yields with a modest…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- December 16, 2020 January 19, 2021
- 09:35
Announcing the winners of the Pension Leadership Awards
Pension investments are a key component of ensuring secure benefits for plan members upon their retirement. To celebrate the plan sponsors and pension investors who…
- By: Staff
- December 3, 2020 January 19, 2021
- 13:12
How can past innovators inform portfolio construction today?
Trying to define the perfect portfolio is as complicated as asking what it takes to be healthy — with a number of factors at play…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- November 30, 2020 January 19, 2021
- 13:04
CAAT looks to AI, machine learning
The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Pension Plan is betting that artificial intelligence and machine learning will play a role in pension administration going…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- November 30, 2020 January 19, 2021
- 12:56
Opportunities for institutional investors from the energy transition
Along with big risks comes the need for solutions and companies that provide those solutions, said Edward Lees, co-lead and portfolio manager at BNP Paribas…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- November 30, 2020 January 19, 2021
- 12:52
How institutional investors can determine material ESG factors
Environmental, social and governance factors are an important dimension of fundamental analysis, said Jenn-Hui Tan, global head of stewardship and sustainable investing at Fidelity International,…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- November 30, 2020 January 19, 2021
- 12:48
Sustainability in a post-coronavirus world
People are increasingly viewing the world with a lens that incorporates environmental, social and governance factors, said Andrew Parry, head of sustainable investment at Newton…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- November 30, 2020 January 19, 2021
- 12:43
What opportunities exist for plan sponsors in thematic investing?
The most powerful and durable investment themes are those where ingenuity sparks innovation to address imbalances in the world, said David Docherty, investment director for…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- November 30, 2020 January 19, 2021
- 12:41
How rebalancing can provide alpha
The San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association implemented a simple innovation 15 years ago that’s added nearly US$1 billion to the fund’s total value as…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- November 30, 2020 January 19, 2021
- 12:37
What’s next for volatility investing?
Despite some negative headlines about volatility investing after the violent market sell-off in March, plan sponsors shouldn’t write off volatility investing altogether because it can…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- November 30, 2020 January 19, 2021
- 12:34
How to solve for lack of trust inherent in financial transactions
As far back as the beginning of civilization, centralized ledgers have been the answer to solving trust issues, said Michael Casey, chief content officer at…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- November 30, 2020 January 19, 2021
- 12:32
The case for eventual inflation
While inflation never materialized after the last financial crisis and the subsequent economic expansion, this time will be different, said Erik Weisman, portfolio manager and…
- By: Yaelle Gang
- November 30, 2020 January 19, 2021
- 12:28