Josh Welsh

Josh Welsh

Benefits and Pensions Monitor

Josh Welsh

Senior Journalist

8 years experience149,397 Total views on Benefits and Pensions Monitor in 2025

Josh's specialty topics

Retirement planning Pension plans Workplace benefits Alternative Investments

Josh Welsh is a senior journalist in the Wealth vertical for Key Media, where he covers the people, firms, and trends in the benefits and pensions space. As lead reporter for Benefits and Pensions Monitor (BPM), he reports on institutional investing, pension governance, retirement policy, as well as employer-sponsored benefits plans. He has also contributed to BPM's sister US publication InvestmentNews.

His reporting draws on direct conversations with industry experts, CIOs, plan sponsors and portfolio managers, translating complex developments in capital markets, pension plans and regulation into clear, accurate coverage for industry decision-makers. He adheres to Key Media's editorial standards on sourcing, verification, and disclosure, and is committed to accuracy, balance, and accountability to readers.

Josh is a Humber Polytechnic graduate, with a bachelor's in journalism and a diploma in screen acting. Outside the newsroom, he's a member of the historic Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, an avid filmgoer, and continues to pursue his passion for acting.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I cover the pensions and benefits space around topics that I believe plan sponsors and administrators would not only be able to relate to but find the most interesting. Because this space can become quite inundated with the same themes, the most rewarding challenge is finding other topics that are less surface level.”

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CityNews 680 · Skedline

Featured content from Josh

Why men's health gaps are showing up in the group benefits plan New realities shape Canadian drug benefit plans: Barbara Martinez A personal mission to end men's mental health challenges

Previous experience

  • 96.9 Humber Radio — Intern
  • CityNews 680 — Intern
  • Cision — Client Content Specialist
  • Skedline (Humber College) — Reporter

Education

  • Bachelor of Journalism, Humber Polytechnic

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Maple Eight fund invests $50 million in legal AI firm Harvey

The late-stage venture deal extends Harvey's recent funding round to US$600 million and deepens the AI company's Canadian footprint

Maple Eight fund invests $50 million in legal AI firm Harvey

Does behavioural economics hold the key to member engagement?

Behavioural economists at Deloitte explain why plan members don't save enough and what psychological tools sponsors can use to change that

Does behavioural economics hold the key to member engagement?

Sun Life, Dialogue launch mental health counselling through app

Sun Life is embedding online counselling in the firm’s app, with 50-minute sessions at $140 reimbursable under existing plan benefits for plan sponsors

Sun Life, Dialogue launch mental health counselling through app

Eckler’s Guided Outcomes tackles financial planning gap

New platform replaces user-supplied guesswork with prepopulated expert inputs and a structured planning journey for employees and pension plan members

Eckler’s Guided Outcomes tackles financial planning gap

Plan sponsors move slowly on AI despite efficiency promise

From automated notetaking to AI-powered bots, pension admin is evolving, but experts say trust, governance, and fiduciary duty are slowing the pace of adoption

Plan sponsors move slowly on AI despite efficiency promise

DB plan sponsors are engaged, not complacent, says Eckler

Natasha Gajdemski explains why monitoring DB pension surplus has become a planning tool, outlines an effective surplus strategy

DB plan sponsors are engaged, not complacent, says Eckler

At 50, Canada's largest pension conference turns to the future

Geopolitics, infrastructure investment and mid-sized fund access dominate the agenda as ACPM's sold-out conference opens in Montreal this week

At 50, Canada's largest pension conference turns to the future

Defined benefit plans aren't broken, access is, says OMERS

OMERS’ chief pension officer calls for multi-stakeholder action, modernizing access to scale DB coverage beyond the public sector

Defined benefit plans aren't broken, access is, says OMERS

Pension funds target Canada's airports after privatization pledge

The investment case for airport privatization is strong, but Ottawa still needs a regulatory regime for pension funds, says KPMG's Andras Vlaszak

Pension funds target Canada's airports after privatization pledge

Why plan sponsors need to rethink menopause support beyond formulary

A 228 per cent surge in hormone replacement therapy claims signals shifting attitudes towards menopause treatment, says Manulife’s Jennifer Foubert

Why plan sponsors need to rethink menopause support beyond formulary