British Columbia Investment Management Corp. has reported a -0.2 per cent return for its fiscal year ended Mar. 31, 2016, down from a 14.2 per cent…
OPSEU has appointed Giulia Volpe to OPTrust’s board of trustees. Volpe is a pension analyst with the Ontario Pension Board in Toronto. She has more…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has loaned $59.5 million to the New Richmond wind farm in Gaspésie, Que. The farm’s 33 wind turbines…
More and more employers are worried about their staff members’ financial health, according to a Willis Towers Watson survey. Among the 122 Canadian employers polled, 58…
If your job description includes responsibility for communicating pensions and benefits to fellow employees, then you’ll already know that with each new communication comes potential…
The median solvency ratio for Ontario’s defined benefit pension plans has risen two per cent, from 78 per cent to 80 per cent since Mar.…
Canada ranks 10th in a list of countries that provide the best retirement security, according to the latest global retirement index published today by Natixis…
With cost containment a key concern for sponsors of benefit and pension plans, are you planning on making changes to your plan design in the…
The top post-Brexit concern among defined benefit pension plans is the need for employers and trustees to discuss funding impact, cited by 58 per cent…
When you reach the cusp of retirement, you’re no doubt aware the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security provide much of the financial bedrock…
With 25,000 members and $4 billion in assets, British Columbia’s College Pension Plan is by far the smallest of the province’s four multi-employer public sector…
The expanded Canadian Pension Plan will bring only a slightly higher rate of return for retirees — 2.5 per cent in the expanded plan compared…
The U.S. Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation are seeking public comments on proposed revisions to modernize and…
A story on how Organon Canada is supporting women employees at every stage of their career was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com. Here are the top…
In its 2024 budget on Tuesday, the federal government announced a new working group dedicated to encouraging increased domestic investments by Canadian institutional investors. Former…
Simply put, a glide path is a calculation designed to support an employee’s desired retirement timeline through investments in a target-date fund. When an employee…
In its 2024-25 annual plan, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario is focusing on assessing and mitigating systemic and high-priority risks in the province’s…
A renewed call for increased domestic investments by Canadian pension plans isn’t surprising amid an ongoing discussion around the role of investment organizations in supporting the…
In its 2024 budget on Tuesday, the Ontario government reiterated its support for a provincial infrastructure bank to leverage public sector pension investments. The bank,…
Clear and flexible regulations that reflect the nature and diversity of target-benefit plans would allow these plans to thrive, according to a new report from…
The Ontario Pension Board is working closely with employers to receive updated salary information from public sector workers that may have been impacted by the…
The University Pension Plan is launching a new web portal to prioritize plan member engagement throughout the year. “Transparency is an important value to our…
As Ontario prepares to introduce pay transparency legislation, it’s important for employers to consider how much information they want to share in job postings, says…
Desjardins Insurance is marking Financial Literacy Month with a series of budgeting workshops for employees and an interactive game to help improve financial literacy. The…
Many plan members are experiencing risk factors related to poor mental, physical and financial well-being, but often don’t know they can turn to their benefits…