David Kitai

David Kitai

Benefits and Pensions Monitor

David Kitai

Senior Editor

8 years experience8,597 Total views on Benefits and Pensions Monitor in 2025

David's specialty topics

DB & DC pension strategy Institutional investment Alternative assets & real estate Sovereign wealth policy ESG investing

David Kitai is Senior Editor of Benefits and Pensions Monitor, Canada's leading publication for pension plan professionals, institutional money managers, benefits industry professionals, and HR executives. His reporting covers Canadian macroeconomics, defined benefit and defined contribution pension strategy, institutional investment, alternative assets including Canadian commercial real estate and infrastructure, sovereign wealth policy, fixed income markets, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing.

David brings broad journalism experience to the role, including magazine editing, radio production, and international reporting from Toronto, Vancouver, and Tbilisi, Georgia. He also serves as Senior Editor of Wealth Professional Canada, covering the Canadian financial advice and wealth management industry.

He holds a Master of Journalism from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and a BA in History, European Studies, and Political Science from the University of Toronto - Victoria University.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“Plan sponsors and pension professionals hold real responsibility for other people's financial futures, often decades before it matters most. My job is to take the macro forces and policy shifts behind their work and turn them into coverage that's clear, accurate, and actually useful.”

Also published by

Richmond News · Vancouver Magazine · The Canada Finance Journal · Canada Travel Daily · Canadian Real Estate Magazine · Wealth Professional Canada

Featured content from David

US Federal Reserve makes rate decision Canada's June inflation rate revealed Bank of Canada announces rate decision

Previous experience

  • Harvest Portfolios Group — Content Writer/Editor
  • Edward Jones — Communications Manager
  • Vancouver Magazine — Editorial Intern
  • CBC — Intern

Education

  • Master's degree, Journalism, The University of British Columbia
  • BA, History, European Studies, Political Science, University of Toronto - Victoria University

Read the latest stories by David

US Federal Reserve makes interest rate decision

Persistent inflation and rising long-term yields have plagued Governor Warsh ahead of FOMC meeting

US Federal Reserve makes interest rate decision

Canada Q2 GDP revealed

Statistics Canada data highlights elements of an economy still in flux

Canada Q2 GDP revealed

US Federal Reserve makes rate decision

Markets pulled back in the leadup to the announcement as oil prices rose

US Federal Reserve makes rate decision

Canada's June inflation rate revealed

CPI print continues to show impact of energy prices

Canada's June inflation rate revealed

Bank of Canada announces rate decision

BoC leadership facing an inflationary spike and sluggish, if rebounding, growth

Bank of Canada announces rate decision

US Federal Reserve makes its first interest rate decision under Warsh

New Fed Chair has called for cuts and a communications overhaul

US Federal Reserve makes its first interest rate decision under Warsh

SpaceX begins trading as initial price revealed

Speculation before trading began had the stock opening 30% above IPO price

SpaceX begins trading as initial price revealed

Bank of Canada makes interest rate decision

Inflation continues to climb, but economic weakness weighs on the BoC as well

Bank of Canada makes interest rate decision

May jobs numbers revealed

Could there be signs of hope amid technical recession?

May jobs numbers revealed

Canada entered a technical recession in Q1

After whipsaw reports through 2025, the first signals of 2026 might surprise investors

Canada entered a technical recession in Q1