Social media will provide plan sponsors with a vast amount of useful information about their members.
When it comes to retirement and pensions, one eye is always on the future. So it makes sense that Ian Markham, Canadian retirement innovation leader with Towers Watson—a man who has dedicated much of his life to the Canadian pension industry—loves looking ahead.
Law firm Harris & Company LLP and the Humber Centre for Employee Benefits have formed a strategic partnership to bring a wide variety of pension and benefits professional development courses to British Columbians.
While more employees are feeling financially insecure, a survey of working Americans finds that benefits can boost their sense of security.
Dianne Verschuere admits she just fell into the group benefits industry about 30 years ago. “I was working in retail and had an opportunity to put my typing skills to use,” she laughs.
Investment grade bonds have been a key risk management tool for pension plan sponsors, and low interest rates have reduced potential returns, but there are alternatives.
Even though past performance is no guarantee of future results, investors still like to pick investments based on how well they performed.
Citi Securities and Fund Services has reached an agreement to purchase ING’s custody and securities services business in seven central and eastern European markets representing €110 billion in assets under custody.
Institutional investors across the globe are increasingly looking at alternative indexes, according to a survey.
More than half of Intel’s 82,500 employees reside in the U.S., a fact that explains why the multinational tech company considers its employees to be the linchpin in its retirement benefits structure.