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A Conversation With
A Conversation With…Ewart 'Odie' O'Hara, December 2007
A Conversation With…Heather Gavin, September 2007
A Conversation With…Tony Gage, August 2007
A Conversation With…Ed Buffett, June 2007
A Conversation With...Stephen A. Jarislowsky, May 2007
A Conversation With…Keith Ambachtsheer, April 2007
Accounting
From Smoothing To Market, December 2005
Administration
Perspectives From A Globetrotting Actuary, December 2007
Securities Lending And Governance, August 2007
The Changing Consultant/Plan Sponsor Relationship, June 2007
‘Best Execution:’ Will It Work?, April 2007
Commission Issues In The UK Market, February 2007
Evaluating, Selecting And Monitoring Global Custodians, February 2007
Web Spreads Its Wings In Pension Administration, December 2006
Significant Developments At Teachers’, December 2006
Outsourcing Now Viable For Even Small Operations, February 2006
Linking HR To Business Value, December 2005
The Evolution Of A Relationship, September 2005
An Introduction To Emotional Intelligence, September 2005
Do Pension Governance And Financial Reporting Meet?, August 2004
It's A Matter Of Choice, December 2003
Trustees Responsible For Managing Expenses, April 2003
Re-thinking The Value Proposition, April 2003
Good Governance Starts With Shareholders, April 2003
Straight Talk On Straight-through Processing, April 2003
Aging In The Workplace
Eliminating Mandatory Retirement: Impact On Pension Plans, August 2003
Establishing A Competitive Edge, August 2003
Alternative Investment
Investment: Hedge Funds - Past, Present, And Future, December 2007
If You Build It, Will They Come?, May 2006
Do Institutional Investors Affect Hedge Fund Performance?, May 2006
Finding Unique Return Streams, December 2005
Alternatives Becoming Source Of Returns, May 2005
Everything You Wanted To Know About Derivatives (But Were Afraid To Ask), May 2005
Alternatives Attracting Institutional Investors, April 2004
Hedge Funds Go Mainstream, April 2004
The Straight Story: Hedge Funds, April 2004
Hedge Funds: Getting It Right, April 2004
The Importance of Private Equity Manger Selection, April 2004
LSIFs Find Their Roots, June 2003
The Alternative Investment Option, April 2003
Hedge Funds And The Economic Cycle, April 2003
The Importance Of Alternative Fixed Income Investments, April 2003
Approaching The Opportunities In Real Estate Investment, April 2003
Consultants
The Rise Of The Pension Consultant, August 2006
The Key To Working With Consultants, August 2005
What You Need To Know About International Benefit Solutions, August 2005
Who’s Who In Canadian Consulting , August 2004
Are You Getting Good Advice?, August 2004
TPAs Offer Specialized Solutions, August 2004
Foundation For Industry Built In 1945, August 2003
Cost-saving Measures For Multi-nationals, August 2003
Rethinking Delivery Of Employee Benefits, August 2003
Global Custody
Custodians Learn To Deal With Alternatives, February 2007
Custodians Adapt To Meet Sponsor Needs, February 2006
Decision Time With Securities Lending Programs, February 2006
Canada As The new Frontier, February 2005
Change And Challenge Define Today's Custody Industry, February 2004
Global Powerhouses Rule, February 2003
Money Managers
The Death Of Canadian Fixed Income Management As We Know It, October 2006
Pension Funds Want Closer Dialogue, October 2006
Life After The Foreign Property Rule, October 2005
Why You Can Do Better Than Domestic Bonds, October 2005
Implications For Canada Of SEC Consultant Probe, October 2005
Manager Selection And Retention: Put The Odds In Your Favour, October 2004
Things Looking Up - A Little, October 2003
Debunking The Indexers' Myths, October 2003
Risk: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, October 2003
Small Cap: A Big Opportunity, October 2003
Annual Review And Forecast
The Past 15 Years, And Tomorrow, December 2006
The Emergence Of The Informed Investor, December 2006
The CAP Guidelines – Where We Are And Where We Are Going, December 2006
Web Spreads Its Wings In Pension Administration, December 2006
DC Pensions - The Pendulum Swings…Back, December 2006
The Negative Impact Of PAs On DB, December 2006
Significant Developments At Teachers’, December 2006
15 Years Of Change: A Brief History Of The Canadian Custody Industry, December 2006
The Corporate View Of DB Plans, December 2006
Belts And Suspenders, December 2006
Whither Pensions?, December 2006
15 Years Of Regress For DB Plans, December 2006
Protecting The Most Valuable Resource, December 2006
The Need For Training And Education, December 2006
The New Landscape Of Asset Allocation, December 2006
The Need For Return, December 2006
Rapid Investment Management Changes For Canadian Pension Plans, December 2006
We’ve Come A Long Way Baby!, December 2006
Passive Investing: Yesterday’s Growth Industry?, December 2006
STP: The New Catalyst – Institutional Trade-Date Matching, December 2005
Pensions Change Only Thing Permanent!, December 2004
Investment Approaches For 2005 And Beyond, December 2004
What's Happening With International Benefits?, December 2004
Redefining Pensions, December 2004
Coalition Leads Improvement In Governance Practices, December 2004
EAPs And The Corporate World, December 2004
Realigning Executive Benefits With Objectives, December 2004
The Golden Years – Not, December 2004
The Future Of Group Benefit Plans, December 2004
Trends In The Small Case Market, December 2003
Canada's New Privacy Law, December 2003
Political Volatility In Play In Currency Land, December 2003
Making Sense Of The Joint Forum's CAP Guidelines, December 2003
Real Estate - An Approach for Plan Sponsors, December 2003
Holiday Wish List, December 2003
The Tax Man And The Holiday, December 2003
Transition Management: 2003, 2004, And Beyond, December 2003
Integrated Healthcare - Structural Mechanisms, December 2003
Corporate Bond Market: Ignore It At Your Peril, December 2003
Benefits
The Shifting World Of EAPs, December 2007
Claims Payment Audits - Good Plan Governance, October 2007
Is Your Business Overseas Over Cost?, August 2007
The Healthcare Spending Account Alternative, June 2007
Time Has Come For Long-term Care, May 2007
Controlling Drug Costs And Meeting Claimants’ Needs, May 2007
The Future Of Benefit Plans In Canada, May 2007
Reference Based Pricing And Employee Engagement, April 2007
HSAs In Canada – The Trend Towards DC-style Benefit Programs, February 2007
EAPs More Available In Workplace, May 2006
Provider Selection: It Pays To Be Prepared, February 2006
The ‘Engagement’ Connection, December 2005
The State Of EAPS In Canada, June 2005
Delisting Chiropractic Doesn’t Make Sense, April 2005
The Three Little Pigs’ Perspective On Flex Plans – 10 Years Later, April 2005
Managing Pharmacy Benefits, February 2005
Size Does Matter!, August 2004
In Successful M&A Activity There Are No Soft Issues, August 2004
Measuring Health And Wellness, June 2004
The Aging Workforce: Implications for Total Compensation Strategies, April 2004
The Incredible Shrinking Insurance Industry, February 2004
Are Your Benefits Cool?, December 2003
The Role Of Workplace Health In Benefits, October 2003
Beyond SARS: Developing Health-Related Emergency Policies, June 2003
Employers Overlook Hidden Costs Of Health Literacy, April 2003
Creativity Fills Communication Gap, April 2003
Simple Vaccine Offers Big Payoff, April 2003
Elder Care Growing Concern For Employers, February 2003
Compensation
The New Executive SERP: Tax Sheltered RCAs, October 2006
Good Governance For ESOPs, October 2005
Severance Practices Differ Around World, June 2003
Changing The Face Of Long-Term Incentives, June 2003
DB Pensions
Bill 30: Québec Revises Its Supplemental Pension Plans Act, October 2007
Plan Sponsors Under Siege, February 2006
Investment Solutions For Smaller DB Plans, September 2005
Letters Of Credit – A Modest Proposal, June 2005
Are You Prepared For Commuted Value Standards Changes?, December 2004
DC Pensions
Saving For Retirement: Where Are We?, December 2007
Default Options - Failure To Choose, October 2007
New Thinking Required On Fiduciary Responsibility, September 2007
401(k) Liability: Lessons From The American Experience, August 2007
U.S. Sponsors Address 401(k) Failings, May 2007
A New Generation Of Life Cycle Funds, April 2007
Whose Responsibility Is It Anyway?, February 2007
Attention Please!!, October 2006
The CAP Guidelines Today, August 2006
U.S. Looks At DC Reform, June 2006
Education Versus Advice In CAP Plans, May 2006
Lifecycle Funds Evolve To Meet Needs, April 2006
Target Date Funds: A Date With Disaster, April 2006
Litigation Risks For DC Plan Sponsors, February 2006
Plan Member Education = Secure Retirement, September 2005
How To Engage And Educate DC Members, August 2005
Communicating The Fundamentals In Sweden, June 2005
Attitudinal Segmentation Of CAP Members, May 2005
Investments: Back To Basics, April 2005
Sparking Employees’ Interest In Retirement Savings Plans, February 2005
The LRIF, Or Annuity, Decision, February 2005
The CAP Guidelines Are Here, Now What?, October 2004
Members Suffer Consequences Of Overconfidence, October 2004
DC Plans In A Rapidly Evolving World, August 2004
Are Managed Accounts Next?, June 2004
Getting It Right: Financial Education For Your Employees, April 2004
Testing DC Members: Can They Make The Grade?, February 2004
Education Makes Information Meaningful, October 2003
If It Walks Like A Duck, And Talks Like A Duck…, August 2003
The Fundamental Promise – Going Beyond Semantics, June 2003
So, When Can I Afford To Retire?, June 2003
Disability Management
If The Future Is Crazy – How To Manage Stress Claims, May 2007
The Price Of Pain, June 2006
Mental Health: The Ultimate Productivity Weapon, June 2004
Worker’s Comp And Disability Claims, June 2004
Auditing As A Performance Tool, June 2003
EAFE & Emerging Markets
The Outlook For Emerging Markets Equities in 2008, December 2007
Decoupling - America And The Rest Of The World, August 2007
Disappearing Risk Premium Returns, June 2006
Alpha Opportunities In The Global Marketplace, June 2006
International Investing Opportunities For Canadian Investors, June 2005
Pension Funds Embracing Infrastructure, June 2005
Rethinking Risk In Global Emerging Markets Debt, June 2004
Style Diversification In International Markets, June 2004
China – The New Investment Frontier, June 2003
Executive Compensation
OptionAbuse!, October 2003
Share Unit Plans Offer New Approach, October 2003
Governance
Spotlight On Compliance, December 2005
Group Insurance
21st Century Cost Containment For Rising Group Insurance Premiums, April 2006
Fewer Insurers Control Market, April 2006
Tackling The CAP Guidelines And Healthcare Costs, April 2005
Give Your Dental Benefits A Check-up, April 2005
Cost, Scrutiny Prompt Reviews Of Post-employment Benefits, April 2005
Improving The Health Of Benefit Programs, April 2004
Staying Ahead Of The Curve, April 2004
Group Insurers Deal With Double-whammy, April 2003
Healthcare
Healthcare: Confronting The Future, December 2007
Employees Should Make A Date For Their Prostate, December 2007
Caregiver Stress, December 2007
What You Don't Know Can Hurt You, October 2007
Healthy Organizations - Today And Tomorrow, September 2007
Breast Cancer Comes To Work, September 2007
Retirement: Is It Good For Your Employee's Health?, August 2007
Wellness – Where’s The Hidden ROI?, June 2007
Understanding Epilepsy, June 2007
Managing Arthritis At Work, May 2007
Employees Versus Patients: Does The Same Prescription Apply?, April 2007
Standing On The Job, April 2007
Invisible Disabilities And The Workplace, February 2007
SAD: More Than The ‘Winter Blues”, February 2006
Nutrition Promotion In The Workplace, May 2006
All Work, No Play – Recipe For A Sick Day, August 2006
Will Change Result In Reform?, December 2006
Cost Containment: Flexible Solutions, October 2005
Preparing To Be Prepared, September 2005
Clear And Present Danger, May 2005
Drug Formularies: Today And Tomorrow, April 2005
Diabetes Solutions In The Workplace, February 2005
ADD/ADHD And Caregiver Productivity, October 2004
Pain In The Workplace, August 2004
In The News
Preparing For A Pandemic, June 2006
Are Financial Institutions Under Attack?, August 2006
Lifting The Foreign Content Limit, April 2005
Is Phased Retirement Really A Solution?, February 2005
The End Of Mandatory Retirement And Beyond, December 2004
Eliminating Mandatory Retirement: Impact On Pensions And Benefits, December 2004
Surplus Must Be Distributed On Partial Wind Up, August 2004
CAPSA And The CIA – What Were You Thinking?, June 2004
Uniformity: Let's Catch The Tide, February 2004
Good Business Through Bad Times, August 2003
Investment
ETFs: The Next Evolution, December 2007
Is It Possible To Be A Long-term Investor?, December 2007
GTAA - An Efficient Investment Discipline, December 2007
All AAAs Are Not Created Equal, December 2007
Fixed Income Attribution With Minimum Raw Material, December 2007
Money Markets No Safe Haven? What's Going On?, October 2007
Performance And Skill: Discerning The Signal From The Noise, October 2007
There's Safety In Them Thar Gold Standards, October 2007
Fundamental Indexes: Investing More Intelligently, October 2007
An Alpha-driven, Risk-controlled Approach To Portfolio Construction, September 2007
Manager Style Report: Differentiating Growth And Value, September 2007
The Case For European Equity, September 2007
Hedge Fund Of Funds Offers Great Opportunities, August 2007
Extension Strategies: Making A Long Story Short, August 2007
U.S. Sub-prime Mortgage Problems, June 2007
Reducing Risk For Multi-Employer Plans, June 2007
All Roads Lead Through China, June 2007
Taking A Fresh Look At International Equity, June 2007
The Truth About Hedge Funds, May 2007
Liability-Driven Investing, May 2007
Canadian High Yield Hedge Investing, April 2007
Private Equity - A Must In Well-managed Investment Portfolios, April 2007
Soft Landing Ahead For U.S. Economy, February 2007
Private Equity: Access For Smaller Investors, February 2007
New Approaches To Meet Needs, December 2006
Style-pure Indexes Clarify Hedge Funds, August 2006
The Case For Investing In Commodities, August 2006
Bringing Greater Transparency To Hedge Fund Analysis, June 2006
A Maple Glaze Or A Different Flavour Altogether?, June 2006
Socially Responsible Investment In A Changing Pension Landscape, May 2006
The Case For At Least Some SRI, December 2005
How Real Estate Can Renovate A Portfolio, December 2005
Top 10 Hedge Fund Myths…, October 2005
Global Investment Portfolios – The FX Effect, September 2005
Hitting The Investment Strategy Sweet Spot, August 2005
Potential Impact Of FPR Elimination, June 2005
A Portable Alpha Primer, May 2005
Opportunity Or Much Ado About Nothing?, May 2005
The Case For Global Fund Of Hedge Funds, April 2005
Pressure For Positive Change – Option B, April 2005
Seize The Dollar: Looking Out For Your Commission Costs?, February 2005
Timberland: The Natural Alternative, October 2004
Inflation Linked Bonds Correct Asset Mismatch, October 2004
UN Links Environment To Performance, October 2004
Perspectives On Currency Management, October 2004
Will Equity Investment Improve Pension Funding?, August 2004
Developing World Loans Offer Potential Returns, August 2004
Managing Currency Risk – The Canadian Perspective, June 2004
Dirty Secrets of Risk Management, June 2004
Employers Offer Socially Responsible Options, June 2004
The Future Of Asset Management, February 2004
Portable Alpha: Bridging The Gap, February 2004
Balanced Funds Today: A Balancing Act, February 2004
Beyond The Limit, December 2003
Active To The Core, December 2003
The Benefits of a Currency Overlay, October 2003
What And Where Are The Returns In Private Equity?, August 2003
Indexing Works (Even In Down Markets), August 2003
Fingerprinting Your Portfolio Manager, August 2003
The Magic Of Compound Interest And Risk Budgeting, August 2003
Adding Value By Managing Risk Information Gap, April 2003
SRI And Pensions, April 2003
From Skeptic To Hedge Fund Investor, February 2003
Observations On Recent Equity Market Trends, February 2003
Legal
Leading Court Decisions of 2007, December 2007
Court Of Appeal Decision In Kerry Not A Panacea, August 2007
B.C. Re-thinks Pension Division Legislation, May 2007
Quebec Court Allows Pension Committee Suit, April 2006
When Is A Premium Really A Tax?, February 2006
Hembruff: The Right Stuff, December 2005
How To Minimize The Risk, September 2005
Pensions – Where Do We Go From Here?, February 2005
Quebec Employers Face Additional Costs, October 2004
Impact Of The New Income Tax Act Limits On SERPs, December 2003
Seizing The Unseizable, April 2003
Verdict Hurts Plan Members, February 2003
Miscellaneous
Demographics: Impact Of Population Trends On The Workplace, December 2007
PIAC - The First 30 Years, September 2007
Things I've Learned In 100 Issues Of Benefits and Pensions Monitor, September 2007
What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate, August 2007
From Smoothing To Market, December 2005
Eliminating Mandatory Retirement: Impact On Pension Plans, August 2003
Establishing A Competitive Edge, August 2003
Spotlight On Compliance, December 2005
Concentration Risk In The S&P/TSX Composite, February 2006
Short-selling In A Long-only Portfolio, June 2006
Risk Management – Taming The Tail, December 2005
The Long & Winding Road: Institutional Investing In An Unconstrained Environment, August 2005
Out Of The Box
Concentration Risk In The S&P/TSX Composite, February 2006
Short-selling In A Long-only Portfolio, June 2006
Risk Management – Taming The Tail, December 2005
The Long & Winding Road: Institutional Investing In An Unconstrained Environment, August 2005
Pensions
MEPPs: To Solvency Fund Or Not?, May 2007
Studying Abroad – European Pension Plan Lessons, April 2007
Lies, Damn Lies, And Canada’s Private Pensions Funding Crisis, February 2006
Time For A New Paradigm, February 2006
Multi-Employer Pension Plans: Myths And Misconceptions, May 2006
Caught In the Cross-Winds – Yet Staying The Course, December 2005
RPD Shifts Compliance Monitoring Approach For RPPs, December 2005
IPPs Becoming Retirment Plan Of Choice!, September 2005
‘But You Promised!!’, September 2005
Will DSM Really Result In Greater Equity?, August 2005
Performing A Governance Audit, April 2005
Reforming The Canada Pension Plan, October 2004
It’s Worse Than We Thought, August 2004
Locked or Unlocked – What’s Your Pleasure?, June 2004
Lifetime Savings Accounts A Dramatic Proposal, April 2004
Will Accountants Get It Right This Time?, October 2003
DC Better Than DB? Who's Kidding Whom?, February 2003
Retirement Planning
Cross-country Views Collected, September 2007
The Retirement Spending Challenge, June 2007
Employees Need Help To Save, May 2007
Recent Industry Trends And Their Impact On Plan Sponsors, April 2007
Wellness In Retirement, April 2006
Where The Work Plan Fits In, May 2006
Women In Retirement, August 2006
Defining Luck, September 2005
Retire? What For?, August 2005
Employee Education And Life Transition Planning, December 2004
Will Canadians Live To Regret Their Lack Of Financial Planning?, August 2003
Risk Management
Concentration Risk In The S&P/TSX Composite, February 2006
The New Landscape Of Asset Allocation, December 2006
The Need For Return, December 2006
Risk Management – Taming The Tail, December 2005
Why Bother With Risk Control?, June 2003
Responding To The Tough Times, June 2003
Socially Responsible Investment
CPPIB: A Global Leader For SRI, September 2007
Fighting For Transparency In Emerging Markets, February 2007
Traditional Investments Attract Increased Scrutiny, September 2005
Transparency Needed On Investment Policies And Voting, September 2005
Technology
Step Forward, Back Office, May 2007
Securing Information In An Electronic Age, April 2006
Changing Buy And Sell Side Trends And The Implications, June 2006
Institutional Trading Technology Changing Canada’s Equity Market, December 2005
CalPERS Automates Production Of Member Statements, April 2005
Online Benefit Enrollment, December 2004
Electronic Debt Trading: Back to the Future, August 2004
Member Service: What’s Your Weakest Link?, June 2003
Electronic Communications In Pension Plan Administration, June 2003
Giving Paperwork And Pensions A New Start, June 2003
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