target date fund – 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 2021 BPS coverage: How PCL is balancing benefits, pension decisions during coronavirus https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/2021-bps-coverage-how-pcl-is-balancing-benefits-pension-decisions-during-coronavirus/ Fri, 04 Jun 2021 13:00:44 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=100846 With the majority of PCL Construction Ltd.’s workforce continuing to work at its Canada-wide job sites and offices throughout the coronavirus pandemic, the organization’s decisions around its health benefits and pension plan have been to keep rolling. Speaking during a Q&A session to close out Benefits Canada‘s 2021 Benefits & Pension Summit on May 19, […]

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]]> Language, communication shaping DC plan members’ retirement decisions: survey https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/pensions/cap/language-communication-shaping-dc-plan-members-retirement-decisions-survey/ Fri, 14 May 2021 13:10:31 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=100505 Language and communication can impact the retirement decisions of defined contribution plan members, according to a new survey by Invesco Ltd. The survey found 60 per cent of all respondents — as well as 50 per cent of millennials and 59 per cent of gen-Xers — would rather achieve retirement “income” than retirement “savings.” Nearly […]

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]]> A look at the ‘big rock decisions’ for DC plan sponsors https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/dc-investments/a-look-at-the-big-rock-decisions-for-dc-plan-sponsors-2/ Mon, 06 May 2019 03:34:54 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/a-look-at-the-big-rock-decisions-for-dc-plan-sponsors-2/ When it comes to defined contribution pension plans, some “big rock” decisions for plan sponsors have the most impact on member outcomes, while other decisions are just not as significant, says Jafer Naqvi, vice-president and director of fixed income and multi-asset at TD Greystone Asset Management. The four big rocks for DC plans are contribution […]

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]]> How default investment funds are becoming smarter https://uat-cumulus.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/dc-investments/how-default-investment-funds-are-becoming-smarter/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 03:47:54 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/how-default-investment-funds-are-becoming-smarter/ With the industry focused on retirement readiness and more defined contribution plan members on glide paths, it’s increasingly important for plan sponsors to choose default investment funds suited to the present and future. Fortunately, these funds have been shifting away from their conservative roots. Money market funds, for instance, were once a common default in […]

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