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HOME IMPROVEMENT RETAILING Powershift Communications Inc, the publisher of Home Improvement Retailing, has been acquired by the KM Business Information group (keymedia.com) hirmagazine.com

BENEFITS AND PENSIONS MONITOR The Saskatchewan Pension Plan has eliminated the limits on the amount members can contribute each year and how much they can transfer in from other unlocked registered savings plans bpmmagazine.com

BENEFITS AND PENSIONS MONITOR Rules for registered retirement income funds (RRIFs) and similar retirement vehicles are stuck in the past and need revamping or removal bpmmagazine.com

BENEFITS AND PENSIONS MONITOR Powershift Communications Inc, the publisher of Benefits and Pensions Monitor has been acquired by the KM Business Information group (keymedia.com). bpmmagazine.com

HOME IMPROVEMENT RETAILING Investment in building construction went up one per cent to $20.6 billion in February with all components posting gains hirmagazine.com

BENEFITS AND PENSIONS MONITOR Over two-thirds of Canadian professionals (67 per cent) have admitted to ‘rage applying’ to a new job bpmmagazine.com

BENEFITS AND PENSIONS MONITOR New medicines are approved in Canada later than in the United States and the European Union because drug developers submit applications later bpmmagazine.com

HOME IMPROVEMENT RETAILING Growth in the global DIY home improvement market is expected to continue, driven by increased popularity in home improvement projects to update homes and increase their property value hirmagazine.com

BENEFITS AND PENSIONS MONITOR Millennial workers who rent for their entire careers must save 50 per cent more than homeowners in order to have a sufficient monthly income in retirement bpmmagazine.com

BENEFITS AND PENSIONS MONITOR A sizeable portion of Canadian workers are struggling to take care of their health and well-being, resulting in a significant drop in productivity throughout the workforce bpmmagazine.com

HOME IMPROVEMENT RETAILING Gen Z consumers are the least likely to report that inflation has impacted their spending and they are most reluctant to reduce spending compared to other generations hirmagazine.com

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT DISCUSSED Alan T. Hsu, of Wellington Management, and Giampiero (JP) D'Agnillo and Maggie Childe, of iA Investment Management, will discuss the impact of climate change April 18. Information is at register.gotowebinar.com/register/87983…

BENEFITS AND PENSIONS MONITOR FSRA needs to consider whether the prescriptive elements in its ‘Proposed IT Risk Management Guidance’ are consistent with a principles-based approach that provides flexibility bpmmagazine.com

BENEFITS AND PENSIONS MONITOR Institutional fixed income investors around the world plan to increase allocations to ESG bonds in the next two years bpmmagazine.com

HOME IMPROVEMENT RETAILING Greater Toronto, ON, Area (GTA) housing market conditions tightened in March hirmagazine.com

BENEFITS AND PENSIONS MONITOR The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated retirement plan closings and dampened plan creation bpmmagazine.com

BENEFITS AND PENSIONS MONITOR Although headline inflation has retreated from its peak, a return to its target rate will require fiscal policy to reinforce monetary policy restraint bpmmagazine.com

HOME IMPROVEMENT RETAILING Almost 80 per cent of consumers use retailers’ mobile apps either more often or about the same as last year hirmagazine.com

BENEFITS AND PENSIONS MONITOR Budget 2023 reiterated the federal government’s commitment to improve retirement security for plan members and retirees by introducing a new framework for VPLAs bpmmagazine.com