Monthly Spotlight: Consultants

Read BPM's highlighted coverage of key topics from June

Monthly Spotlight: Consultants

Each month, Benefits and Pensions Monitor produces a series of articles on a theme affecting Canadian plan sponsors and institutional investors. In June, we explored the role consultants play in shaping benefits, pensions and investment outcomes. From plan design to retirement savings strategy, consultants help plan sponsors and insurers navigate complexity and make informed decisions. Both sides consider that expertise invaluable.

Partners with a purpose or 'middleman' problem? - Consultants define their role with benefits carriers

AI adoption in benefits remains slow but ‘pace is accelerating’ - The use of AI in benefits remains thin across most functions, says Normandin Beaudry's Sophie Limoges

Ontario budget delivers pension reforms for retirement security - Dimitri Poliak of Normandin Beaudry outlines the five key measures worth watching

Benefit costs outpace inflation but employers hold the line - As benefit costs climb, employers refuse to pass those costs to employees: Daniel Drolet

Canadian benefit plans fall short on 2SLGBTQI inclusion: experts - Inclusive coverage needs to meet various family structures, says Normandin Beaudry

The future of work isn’t AI, it’s ‘human capital’, says HUB International CIO - Employee well-being isn't a soft initiative, it's a business performance lever: Faizal Mitha