{"id":17387,"date":"2019-11-01T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/conference-coverage-2019-dc-investment-forum-138147"},"modified":"2019-11-01T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T13:00:15","slug":"conference-coverage-2019-dc-investment-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2019\/11\/01\/conference-coverage-2019-dc-investment-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Coverage: 2019 DC Investment Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignleft clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wp-caption feature-image alignleft\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"350\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/DC-Investment-Forum19-Cropped-2-350x195.png\" class=\"attachment-feature size-feature wp-post-image\" alt title=\"Conference Coverage: 2019 DC Investment Forum\"> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\"> <span>Benefits Canada<\/span>&nbsp;|&nbsp;November 1, 2019 <\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 27, the 2019 Defined Contribution Investment Forum delved into the latest trends in behavioural finance and DC plan member engagement, as well as new perspectives on investment opportunities and risk and performance considerations.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what you missed!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/seeking-better-risk-levels-by-adding-alternatives-to-dc-plans-136301\"><strong>Seeking better risk levels by adding alternatives to DC plans<\/strong><\/a><br \/>A defined contribution plan sponsor\u2019s strategic decisions around asset allocation are far more influential to the performance of the pension portfolio than security selection or timing investments. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/seeking-better-risk-levels-by-adding-alternatives-to-dc-plans-136301\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/u-s-lessons-for-canadian-dc-pension-plans-136302\">U.S. lessons for Canadian DC pension plans<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>Defined contribution plan sponsors have a tough job. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/u-s-lessons-for-canadian-dc-pension-plans-136302\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/pensions\/cap\/are-automatic-dc-plan-features-affecting-the-pension-gender-gap-136303\"><strong>Are automatic DC plan features affecting the pension gender gap?<\/strong><\/a><br \/>With cohorts in the workforce behaving differently as they prepare for retirement, it\u2019s important for plan sponsors to consider these differences along gender and generational lines. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/pensions\/cap\/are-automatic-dc-plan-features-affecting-the-pension-gender-gap-136303\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/fundamental-reasons-for-adding-alternatives-to-dc-pension-portfolios-136304\"><strong>Fundamental reasons for adding alternatives to DC pension portfolios<\/strong><\/a><br \/>There are two fundamental reasons for including alternatives in a defined contribution pension portfolio. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/fundamental-reasons-for-adding-alternatives-to-dc-pension-portfolios-136304\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/a-look-at-how-the-legal-landscape-for-dc-pension-plans-is-changing-136306\"><strong>A look at how the legal landscape for DC pension plans is changing<\/strong><\/a><br \/>Defined contribution plan sponsors are facing&nbsp;challenges that&nbsp;will shape the nature of their legal obligations to employees.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/a-look-at-how-the-legal-landscape-for-dc-pension-plans-is-changing-136306\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Find out more about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/conferences\"><em>Benefits Canada<\/em>&nbsp;events<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Copyright \u00a9 2019 Transcontinental Media G.P. Originally published on benefitscanada.com <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/conference-coverage-2019-dc-investment-forum-138147\">Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benefits Canada&nbsp;|&nbsp;November 1, 2019 On Sept. 27, the 2019 Defined Contribution Investment Forum delved into the latest trends in behavioural finance and DC plan member engagement, as well as new perspectives on investment opportunities&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}