BPM Talk

BPM Talk

Senior Editor David Kitai hosts a series of interviews aimed at understanding the benefits & pensions industry in its entirety. From investment management through benefits plans and the modern challenges and trade-offs of pensions, David explores the unusual and the everyday, hoping to shed light on every topic explored.

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Why cancer support can't end at remission

February 25, 2026 • 32 mins
Desjardins' Neda Nasseri and Andrew Wood join BPM Talk host Josh Welsh to unpack the financial and human challenges employers face when it comes to cancer in the workforce. They also outline what plan sponsors can and should be doing to support employees navigating a cancer diagnosis, from flexible return-to-work plans to emerging therapies reshaping benefit design.
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Member mindsets, motivations, and metrics: Inside Canada’s workplace retirement plans

February 10, 2026 • 26 mins
Across Canada, workplace savings plans have become the anchor of many employees’ retirement strategy, shaping not only how they save but how confident they feel about the future. At the same time, plan sponsors face rising expectations around plan design, digital tools and guidance, even as member needs and behaviours evolve. In this BPM Talk episode, Benefits and Pensions Monitor highlights new Sun Life research that compares how ...
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Unpacking the AI data center demand

October 21, 2025 • 39 mins
Hazelview Investments' Samuel Sahn and Telehouse Canada's Andy Fenton sits down with host Josh Welsh to outline the opportunities, risks and demand for AI data centers and whether they'll go to space!
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'A great opportunity' to build on men's health

June 30, 2025 • 26 mins
44 percent of Canadian males are dying prematurely. They're also battling unprecedented levels of mental health and chronic health issues. Dr. John Oliffe, co-author of Movember Canada's report and Catherine Corriveau, director of policy and advocacy, Movember Canada outlines what plan sponsors can do and where they should invest in workplace policies.
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Women's health in benefits

April 1, 2025 • 23 mins
As Women's History Month comes to a close, BPM is exploring where the gaps in women's health exist in benefits. Sun Life Health's Marie-Chantal Cote addresses how benefits have progressed for women and how plan sponsors can take action to better the lives of their female employees.
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How to build a physically healthy workforce

November 21, 2024 • 22 mins
Physical health has an almost endless array of positive impacts, from better mental health to better workplace productivity. TELUS Health Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Matthew Chow joined the BPM Talk Podcast to discuss these impacts and outline how employers can encourage more physical activity in their employees.
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Single Country Investing: Opportunities in India

August 15, 2024 • 14 mins
In today’s global economy, analyzing specific countries offers investors key advantages. Single-country investing allows for deeper analysis of economic drivers, regulations, and market potential often missed in regional investments. Focusing on individual countries helps investors make informed decisions, tailor portfolios more precisely, and potentially increase returns. In the second episode of our podcast series with David J...
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Exploring Single Country Investing

July 11, 2024 • 30 mins
Global investors typically focus on broad market benchmarks, potentially missing out on investment opportunities in specific countries. Current trends indicate Japan and India are particularly attractive now. Each country offers unique growth factors and benefits from the global trend towards diversified supply chains. In this first episode of our two-part podcast series, David Jones, Director of iShares Investment Strategy at Bla...
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Exploring DBplus pensions

June 21, 2024 • 15 mins
BPM Talk breaks down how a DBplus plan works and brings in spokespeople from CAAT pension plan to explain why their model may help plan sponsors solve for issues like longevity, inflation, and demographic shifts.
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A real estate investment built on expanding homeownership

May 27, 2024 • 11 mins
North America Home Finance is offering a new approach to real estate investment, built around giving Canadians access to homeownership. Learn how the model works and what it can do for institutional and pension investors here.
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BPM Talk Podcast: Host - David Kitai

April 24, 2024 • 52 secs
Senior Editor David Kitai hosts a series of interviews aimed at understanding the benefits & pensions industry in its entirety. From investment management through benefits plans and the modern challenges and trade-offs of pensions, David explores the unusual and the everyday, hoping to shed light on every topic explored. Host: David Kitai is the Senior Editor for Wealth at Key Media, covering the Canadian Wealth Management industr...
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