Toronto 09.20.18 PD Dinner - How to Use Your Retirement Plan to Attract Talent, Reduce Stress, and Improve the Bottom Line

Date and Time:

Starts: 09/20/2018 5:30 PM

Ends: 09/20/2018 8:00 PM

Registration Closes:09/19/2018 12:00 PM

Event Type: Social or Networking Event

1 hour Hour(s)

Location:

Novotel - 45 Esplanade Toronto, ON

Price:

Members $40 | Students $20 | Non-Members $50

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Toronto 09.20.18 PD Dinner - How to Use Your Retirement Plan to Attract Talent, Reduce Stress, and Improve the Bottom Line

Worrying about income in retirement is stressful. It affects productivity, with 51% of Canadians reporting that retirement-planning stress has a medium to high impact on their work. Given their stress, it is not surprising that Canadians of all ages and income levels overwhelmingly report they want, and will pay for, the security and peace of mind that pensions bring.

Despite high demand and rationale for pensions, they can be a source of conflict between CHROs (who view them as a valuable workforce management tool) and CFOs (who view them as risks on the balance sheet).

In this evening session, Derek W. Dobson, CEO of the CAAT Pension Plan will discuss how HR professionals can leverage pension research and modern Defined Benefit pension plans to attract talent, reduce employee stress and boost productivity.

Attendees will learn:

How the pension industry is adapting to meet the needs of the changing workplace
How affordable pension solutions have better outcomes for employees and employers
What the Canadian Public Pension Leadership Council (CPPLC) study teaches us about Canadians’ retirement needs and stresses

Derek has tailored this session to a variety of audiences and has received enthusiastic feedback often ranking this session as the most valuable and interesting. A recent webinar based on this session was the highest-attended ACPM webinar in their history. Savvy Investor ranked the research paper on which this session is based as one of the best pension papers in North America (2017).

Agenda

5:30pm-6:00pm – Registration

6:00pm-6:50pm – Dinner/Networking

6:50pm-8:00pm – Speaker(s) Presentation

Speaker bio(s)

Derek Dobson, CEO

Derek has more than 25 years of experience in the pension industry. In addition to being the CEO of one of Canada’s best-performing pension plans, he serves as Co-Chair of the CPPLC and sits on the Board of Directors of the Association of Canadian Pension Management (ACPM).

Derek is a frequent author and speaker on a variety of retirement related topics. His article, “Can pension plans boost productivity,” was published in Canadian HR Reporter in October 2017. He has delivered talks at numerous conferences, such as the AllianzGi-Oxford University Pensions Conference, the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) Canadian Employee Benefits Conference, the Pensions & Investments Global Future of Retirement, and the Pensions & Investments World Pension Summit.

Derek is an Associate of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) with a degree in mathematics from the University of Waterloo.