Jaqui Parchment – Benefits Canada.com https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:41:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Expert panel: How to get, keep top talent amid labour crunch https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-wellness/expert-panel-how-to-get-keep-top-talent-amid-labour-crunch/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:00:17 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=112433 For months, Canadian employers have been creaking under the strain of a labour crunch. Finding top talent has always been one of leaders’ most pressing issues and there has often been a shortage of talent for key roles. In addition, Canada — as a whole, in my opinion — has never fully unlocked the skills […]

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]]> Expert panel: Equal access to benefits, digital transformation among keys to return to work https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/jaqui-parchment/expert-panel-equal-access-to-benefits-digital-transformation-among-keys-to-return-to-work/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:00:30 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=104237 COVID-19 cases are dropping and vaccine counts are rising. The economy is reopening and we can expect to be back at the office soon. But the new normal won’t be the old normal. While this might be obvious to many, some leaders don’t understand, thinking the way forward is to simply bring everyone back into […]

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]]> Investing in low-carbon economy will pay off for pension plans https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/jaqui-parchment/expert-panel-investing-in-low-carbon-economy-will-pay-off-for-pension-plans/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:00:50 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=99240 We are now in Month 14 of the coronavirus pandemic. For institutional investors like pension plans, this pandemic and its consequences highlight the reality of systemic risk: events like the ongoing pandemic can and do happen and pension plans need to get ready. Because another systemic risk is at our doorstep: climate change. 2020 was one […]

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]]> Improving employees’ financial wellness in fourth industrial revolution https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/pensions/retirement/improving-employees-financial-wellness-in-fourth-industrial-revolution/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 04:30:30 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/improving-employees-financial-wellness-in-fourth-industrial-revolution/ When the World Economic Forum met this year in Davos, Switzerland, it chose a very timely topic: the fourth industrial revolution that’s about to be wrought by automation. Like every revolution, it will have winners and losers. Artificial intelligence will massively increase productivity and create jobs that don’t even exist today. But at the same time, it will […]

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]]> Four investment themes for a turbulent 2019 https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/expertpanel_/jaqui-parchment/four-investment-themes-for-a-turbulent-2019/ Thu, 27 Dec 2018 04:00:58 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/four-investment-themes-for-a-turbulent-2019/ Looking ahead to the new year, 2019 is shaping up to be another challenging one for institutional investors looking for strategies to generate sufficient returns to meet their current and future obligations. Navigating the many variables — from rising interest rates and weakening global growth to threats of trade wars and the possible return of higher inflation — will […]

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