FORUM 2014 de l'ICRA - WEB DIFFUSION

FORUM 2014 de l'ICRA - WEB DIFFUSION

27 mai 2014 7h45 à 16h45Online
Champs d’intérêt: Retraite, Avantages sociaux, Investissement Format: Activité en ligne
La politique d’annulation

Cette activité est offerte en anglais seulement

Opening Keynote Session  
What's Happening with Our Workforce: Making Generations Work!
En anglais seulement 
Tuesday May 27, 2014 - 7:45 - 8:45 EST
   






Jim Carroll 
Futurist, Trends, Creativity & Innovation Expert

Join international futurist, trends & innovation expert Jim Carroll as he explores some of the biggest challenges facing organizations today. With the coming “end of retirement,” most companies will come to realize they’ll need a lot of telephones with big buttons for members of the 70+ folk who are still a part of their workforce — and a lot of innovative workplace practices as well.

Is There a Looming Pension Crisis in Canada?
En anglais seulement
Tuesday May 27, 2014 - 9:00 - 10:45 EST 


René Beaudry, Co-founder, Normandin Beaudry; 
Jim Leech, President and CEO, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan; 
Malcolm Hamilton, Senior Fellow; C.D. Howe Institute; 
Hon. Wes Sheridian, PEI Provincial Treasurer, Minister of Finance, Energy and Municipal Affairs; 
Moderator: Don Bisch, Director, Corporate Communications, Equitable Life of Canada
Low workplace pension coverage and RRSP savings rates are evidence to some that Canada is on the cusp of a retirement crisis. “A large number of Canadians – particularly middle-income earners in the workforce today – are at risk of seeing their living standards fall in the golden years,” read a recent editorial in The Globe and Mail. But is the risk overstated? Our expert panel will debate the severity of the problem and will suggest reforms to make the existing retirement system more robust.

Understanding and Applying the Health “Reformation” 
En anglais seulement
Tuesday May 27, 2014 - 11:15 - 12:15 EST 

    






Carlos Balarezo, Chief Executive Officer, Genescient;  
Robert Paterson, President, Renewal Consulting Group Inc, former Senior Advisor to the President, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
In 2013, the U.S. will spend $2.9 trillion, or 18% of its GDP, on healthcare. Of that, $3 out of $4 will be spent on chronic disease ($1.9trillion). In Canada, the spend is $211 billion or 11.2% of GDP. The epidemic of chronic illness continues to increase all over the world. What will be the cost in 10 years?  
A new framework for understanding chronic illness health is now available. Using this framework most of the costs go away and most people return to health. But the challenge is that it contradicts the conventions and it demands a change in culture to implement it. So what is this framework and how can we implement it? 

Lunch Speaker 
En anglais seulement
BOOMERS: The Future of Financial Services and Retirement 
Tuesday May 27,2014 - 1:00 - 2:00 EST 


Brent Green, Author of « Marketing to Leading-Edge Baby Boomers: Perceptions, Principles, Practices, Predictions » and « Generation Reinvention: How Boomers Today Are Changing Business, Marketing, Aging and the Future »
Baby Boomers, the generation born between 1946 and 1964, have changed every life stage they’ve occupied. As infants they propelled nascent industries such as Gerber’s prepared baby food and Johnson & Johnson’s Band-Aids. Then they dominated mainstream culture and media as teenagers and young adults, propelling The Beatles to international acclaim along with gas-saving vehicles from Toyota and Volkswagen. In middle age they inspired the term “yuppie” and pushed growth in housing, mutual funds, travel, fitness, personal computing, and luxury automobiles. To anticipate their significant impact on the financial services industry and what we today refer to as “retirement,” it’s beneficial that we understand the unique nature of Generation Reinvention, how Boomers are changing retirement, and how generational marketing insights can create competitive advantages in the marketplace. This will enable the pension and benefits industry to develop programs and services along with marketing initiatives of greatest value and relevance to Boomers. In this fast-paced multimedia presentation, featuring classic rock music, provocative videos and surprising research insights, author and social commentator Brent Green reveals the demographic, sociological, and cultural forces that are shaping a future fraught with risks and opportunities. Unprecedented success awaits those who crack the Boomer code, and Brent gives his audiences a profound emotional understanding of why and how.

The Alternative Solution 
En anglais seulement
Tuesday May 27, 2014 - 2:15 - 3:15 EST 




Peter Muldowney, Senior Vice President, Institutional Strategy, Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group; 
Colin Spinney, Treasurer, Dalhousie University
With fixed income deemed to offer too low returns and equities too volatile returns, can alternative solutions become the new traditional core portfolio holding of the future? If so, how do smaller plans and less investment experienced committee members get comfortable with these types of solutions? 
The session will include an overview of a range of alternative solutions, such as infrastructure, real estate, timberland, synthetic solutions and will consider the merits and challenges of alternative solutions from a governance, implementation and ongoing monitoring perspective, including the personal experience of a plan sponsor. The session will also consider why some solutions may have been dismissed in the past, but will gain broader acceptance today due to a better fit with the needs of plan sponsors.

A New Approach in Underwriting High-Cost Drugs 
En anglais seulement
Tuesday May 27, 2014 - 2:15 - 3:15 EST 

 
Jonathan Bohm, Consultant, Benefits, Normandin Beaudry; 
Nicolas-Pierre Bergeron, Partner, Group Benefits, Normandin Beaudry
Private plans are now exposed to a new risk with unparalleled consequences that is threatening their sustainability: high cost drugs. A single drug claim can now exceed $500,000 per year for several years. Because more and more of these drugs are hitting the market and have been proven effective, their consumption is likely to increase dramatically over the next few years. During the session, various questions will be explored and a new underwriting approach will be presented. 

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