Freschia Gonzales

Freschia Gonzales

Freschia Gonzales is a news writer at Benefits and Pensions Monitor, covering institutional investment, defined benefit and defined contribution pension strategy, environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, group benefits, employee wellbeing, pharmaceutical developments affecting plan sponsors, and the macroeconomic and regulatory developments shaping the Canadian pensions and benefits industry. Her reporting spans major Canadian institutional investors — including the Maple 8 pension funds — alternative investments, emerging markets, decumulation strategy, pharma innovation affecting group benefits plans, and ESG proxy voting trends affecting Canadian pension fund trustees.

Her work is built around the insights of pension plan professionals, institutional money managers, plan sponsors, benefits consultants, and HR executives. She graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the University of San Jose Recoletos.

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Canada needs private capital to close its $4.7 trillion infrastructure gap by 2050: report

PwC warns Canada invests too little of its GDP in infrastructure to keep pace with peers

Canada needs private capital to close its $4.7 trillion infrastructure gap by 2050: report

Nearly half of young men quit mental health care before it helps

One in five young men report moderately severe to severe mental health conditions

Nearly half of young men quit mental health care before it helps

Pharma firm reaches deal with pricing alliance to widen schizophrenia treatment access

Most patients relapse within five years, and Bausch Health’s PrOKEDI targets that risk

Pharma firm reaches deal with pricing alliance to widen schizophrenia treatment access

Bad meetings cost large employers more than US$130 million a year, report finds

Most employees dread their meetings and call over half the time spent in them wasted

Bad meetings cost large employers more than US$130 million a year, report finds

BPM Top Employers revealed

The 10 winners cleared a 75% satisfaction threshold set by their own employees

BPM Top Employers revealed

Ottawa eyes $2.6 trillion in pension assets for LNG as beneficiaries push back

Fund members warn LNG bets breach fiduciary duty and risk stranded assets

Ottawa eyes $2.6 trillion in pension assets for LNG as beneficiaries push back

GLP-1 drugs in early pregnancy carry no clear added risk, study finds

Guidelines still advise stopping GLP-1 drugs one to two months before pregnancy

GLP-1 drugs in early pregnancy carry no clear added risk, study finds

La Caisse buys out partner to seize full control of Québec toll road

The $280 million deal hands the investor sole ownership two years after its first stake

La Caisse buys out partner to seize full control of Québec toll road

New obesity treatment nears approval with surgery-level weight loss

US employers retreat from GLP-1 coverage just as a stronger obesity treatment arrives

New obesity treatment nears approval with surgery-level weight loss

Obesity treatment dropouts drive maker's shares down 25%

Analysts warn side effects could sink the treatment's commercial future, despite liver gains

Obesity treatment dropouts drive maker's shares down 25%