Top 5 HR, pension and benefits stories of the week

A story on the maximum pensionable earnings under the Canada Pension Plan for 2022 took the top spot over the past week on BenefitsCanada.com.

Here are the five most popular news stories of the week:

1. CPP maximum pensionable earnings rising to $64,900 in 2022

2. T. Rowe Price buys Oak Hill Advisors, Franklin Templeton buys Lexington Partners

3. What are Canadian employees’ top concerns about returning to the workplace?

4. Employees feeling less connected to work, colleagues amid shift to remote working: survey

5. Starbucks Canada perking up benefits, pay amid ‘critical staffing shortages’

Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week

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Institutional investors finding opportunities amid geopolitical uncertainty: report

Increased dispersion and fragmentation in the global economy is creating opportunities for institutional investors in 2026, according to a new report by the International Forum...

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Diversified pooled fund managers post 1.5% median return in Q4 2025: report

The universe of defined benefit pension managers’ pooled funds posted a median return of 1.5 per cent before management fees in the fourth quarter of...

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AIMCo returns 7.5% in 2025 amid private market headwinds

The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is reporting a total fund net investment return of 7.5 per cent for 2025, underperforming its benchmark return by 2.7...

By: Staff
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15:00

Fewer plan members describing financial situation as better, worse than last year: survey

While the percentage of plan members who describe their personal financial situation as significantly or somewhat better than last year decreased from 42 per cent...

By: Blake Wolfe
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Manitoba to require employers to provide free menstrual products in workplaces

Manitoba is set to become the first province in Canada to require employers to provide free menstrual products in workplaces. The provincial government will amend...

By: Staff
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Canadian banks, pension funds have poured billions into ICE contractors: report

Major Canadian banks and pension funds provided tens of billions of dollars to American contractors for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, an investigation...

By: Kyle Duggan, the Canadian Press
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Top 5 HR, pension and benefits stories of the week

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Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week

Institutional investors finding opportunities amid geopolitical uncertainty: report

Diversified pooled fund managers post 1.5% median return in Q4 2025: report

Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week

Today's top stories

AIMCo returns 7.5% in 2025 amid private market headwinds

Fewer plan members describing financial situation as better, worse than last year: survey

Manitoba to require employers to provide free menstrual products in workplaces

Canadian banks, pension funds have poured billions into ICE contractors: report