Articles of Interest

Home-Field Advantage Or Home Bias – How To Decide Whether To Invest In Canada Or Abroad?

By Amir Musin, Senior Investment Consultant, TELUS Health

Unpacking the CIA's New Mortality Improvements Scale (CanMI-2024)

By Alexandra Sonnenwirth, Director, Club Vita, & Erik Pickett PhD FIA CERA, Actuary & Head of Content, Club Vita

Understanding the Canada Pension Plan- The Devil is in the Details

By Chau Pham, Senior Manager, CWB Wealth and Jojo Mitchell, Senior Manager, CWB Wealth

Not all target-date funds are created equal

By Eric Vachon, Senior Investment Strategist, iA Financial Group

Is Occam’s Razor Shaving Your Investment Returns?

By Marc Williams, CFA, FCIA, FIA, Leith Wheeler and Mike Wallberg, CFA, MJ, Leith Wheeler

Blame the Process, Not the People: Resolving Interdepartmental Challenges Using BPI Strategies

By Gerard Pappa, Senior Consultant, Linea Solutions

A Second Chance for Defined Benefit Plans?

By Jean-Sébastien Côté, FSA, FCIA, Senior Consultant at Optimum Actuarial Consulting

Shift work: the art of decumulation planning

By Jean-Michel Lavoie, VP, Strategy and Market Development, GRS, Sun Life and Anne Meloche, Head of Institutional Business, Sun Life Global Investments

Can Working from Home Impact Your Pension?

By Jenifer Elmy, Senior Associate, Torys LLP

Revisiting The Case For Active Portfolio Management

By Annie Laliberté, Vice-President, Global Equities, Addenda Capital

Scaling New Heights of Responsible Investment Through Governance

By Chelsea Kittleson, Executive Director, BC Municipal Pension Plan

Unlocking The Power Of AI To Transform Pension Communications

By Nicole Quintal, Manager, Brand and Digital Engagement, Co-operative Superannuation Society (CSS) Pension Plan

Harnessing AI: Transforming Actuarial Science and Pension Consulting for the Future

By Samuel Desrosiers, AICA, Senior Analyst, TELUS Health

Climate Scenario Analysis: From Information To Emotion To Conviction

By André Choquet, FCIA, FSA, CIM, President, Mathalian Partners

Fab Four: Behavioural Design And Artificial Intelligence Are Redefining Plan Member Engagement

By Leyla Imanirad, Co-founder & CEO, Pensionbar & Saman Khodai, Co-founder & Director, Pensionbar

IG Private Fixed Income And Solutions To LDI Conundrums

By Ashwin Gopwani, Managing Director, Head of Retirement Solutions, SLC Management

Why Balanced Portfolios Have Failed And What Can Allocators Do About It?

By Ken Reid, CIM, Research Associate, MacNicol & Associates Asset Management and Joseph Pochodyniak, CFA, Portfolio Manager, MacNicol & Associates Asset Management

CAPSA’s Risk Management Guideline Unpacked: Key Steps for Pension Plan Administrators

By Alana Dubinski, Chief Compliance Officer, TELUS Health Investment Management; and TJ Modi, Vice President, Regulatory, Governance and Legal Consulting, TELUS Health

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