Steve Randall

Benefits and Pensions Monitor

Steve Randall

Senior Financial Journalist

30+ years experience118 Total views on Benefits and Pensions Monitor in 2025

Steve's specialty topics

Institutional investment Canadian pension fund performance Retirement planning Private markets and fixed income Employment and HR developments

Steve Randall is a senior financial journalist at Benefits and Pensions Monitor, covering institutional investment, Canadian pension fund performance, retirement planning, private markets, fixed income, employment and HR developments, and the macroeconomic and geopolitical forces shaping the Canadian pensions and group benefits industry.

Steve brings more than three decades of media experience across digital, print, radio, and podcasting to his reporting. He also writes for Wealth Professional Canada, one of the publication's longest-serving contributors since 2014, and for InvestmentNews, covering US financial markets and regulatory developments for American advisors.

He has previously contributed to Mortgage Professional Canada, and outside of financial journalism, runs Communication Generation Ltd., a UK-based media creation and training company focused on podcasting.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“Keeping pension and benefits professionals updated with clear, accurate reporting is a real responsibility. I stay energized by how much this industry keeps evolving, from fund performance to the policy shifts that affect millions of plan members.”

Also published by

Wealth Professional · InvestmentNews · Insurance Business America

Featured content from Steve

Canadian pension plan membership is rising, data shows Canadian pension fund crosses $793 billion as it weathers geopolitical storm What do institutional investors really pay in investment fees?

Previous experience

  • Mortgage Professional Canada — Contributor
  • Communication Generation Ltd. — Owner

Read the latest stories by Steve

Canadian pension plan membership is rising, data shows

New Statistics Canada data shows registered pension coverage rising, with women now outnumbering men in active plan membership

Canadian pension plan membership is rising, data shows

Canadian pension fund crosses $793 billion as it weathers geopolitical storm

Canada's retirement giant posts 7.8% return for fiscal 2026, beating long-term sustainability targets as contribution rate cut looms

Canadian pension fund crosses $793 billion as it weathers geopolitical storm

What do institutional investors really pay in investment fees?

With deft negotiation the largest institutions manage to slash active management costs, report reveals

What do institutional investors really pay in investment fees?

T. Rowe Price hires former MFS leader for institutional VP role

Firm hires investment industry veteran Jean-Sebastien Garant

T. Rowe Price hires former MFS leader for institutional VP role

Canadian population growth is a double-edge sword for the economy

Canada has one of the fastest population growth rates in the world

Canadian population growth is a double-edge sword for the economy

Big tech and private markets are focus for institutions in year ahead

Natixis IM poll reveals asset classes expected to bring returns in tough conditions

Big tech and private markets are focus for institutions in year ahead

Millions of Canadians facing retirement crisis, warns Deloitte

But there is a business case for plan sponsors to step up to the challenge

Millions of Canadians facing retirement crisis, warns Deloitte

Canadians' economic freedom has hit a new low, says Fraser Institute

The freedom to make choices about purchases, work, and starting a business have weakened

Canadians' economic freedom has hit a new low, says Fraser Institute

Quebeckers are financially stressed and want to cut their debt burden

New report finds 85% in the province are suffering economic stress of some kind

Quebeckers are financially stressed and want to cut their debt burden

Banker loses unfair dismissal case after sandwich expenses claim goes bad

Fired employee claimed expenses for his partner’s meal against company rules

Banker loses unfair dismissal case after sandwich expenses claim goes bad