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85% of Canadian workers want option to keep working from home after coronavirus: survey

85% of Canadian workers want option to keep working from home after coronavirus: survey

Canadians who’ve started working from home due to the coronavirus pandemic are seeing some benefits, according to a new survey by Robert Half Canada Inc.…

  • By: Staff
  • May 7, 2020 November 11, 2020
  • 08:40
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Northleaf introduces matrix to help investors track capital calls, distributions

In the current market environment, institutional investors worried about cash management want advance notice of when capital calls are coming, says Stuart Waugh, managing partner…

Morneau Shepell’s online CBT free for all Ontarians

Morneau Shepell’s online CBT free for all Ontarians

Morneau Shepell Ltd. is partnering with the Ontario government to provide its online cognitive behavioural therapy program to Ontarians aged 16 and over during the…

  • By: Staff
  • May 6, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:30
Leslie Group merging with Marathon Benefits to expand presence in Western Canada

Leslie Group merging with Marathon Benefits to expand presence in Western Canada

Employee benefits consulting firm the Leslie Group Ltd. is merging with Marathon Benefit Corp. to increase its footprint in Western Canada. “The addition of Marathon…

  • By: Staff
  • May 6, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15

Transitioning to new normal of remote meetings without compromising governance

Digital is the new normal for committee and board meetings, so people must get used to it, says Rahul Bhardwaj, president and chief executive officer,…

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Canadian equities were worst hit asset type for fund managers in Q1, report says

Canadian equities were the worst performing traditional asset category in the first quarter, according to a report that sizes up the financial impact of the…

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A 20-year treasury bond: Part of $2.99 trillion borrowing

The U.S. Treasury Department is detailing how it plans to borrow a record-breaking $2.99 trillion in debt this quarter, which will include issuing a 20-year…

Institutional investors in waiting game on real estate investment

Institutional investors in waiting game on real estate investment

Real estate companies, just like many other businesses, are in a bizarre holding pattern, waiting for some of the measures necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic…

CRA waiving 1% minimum employer contributions in DC pensions for 2020

CRA waiving 1% minimum employer contributions in DC pensions for 2020

The Canada Revenue Agency is waiving the one per cent minimum required employer contribution on defined contribution pension plans for the remainder of 2020. Registered…

How is coronavirus impacting Canadian LGBTQ+ workers?

How is coronavirus impacting Canadian LGBTQ+ workers?

In April, Pride at Work Canada convened nine professionals across the country to discuss the specific impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on LGBTQ+ employees. “We…

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China is on the road to recovery

China’s economy was the first to suffer the consequences of fighting the novel coronavirus and is the first on the road to recovery. If it…

League providing benefits platform trial to employers in coronavirus overload

League providing benefits platform trial to employers in coronavirus overload

League Inc. is offering a free three-month trial of its Health Benefits Experience platform in a bid to alleviate the health-care and administrative overloads that human…

  • By: Staff
  • May 5, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15
Ontario Teachers’ expanding relationship with Wellington to tackle climate risk

Ontario Teachers’ expanding relationship with Wellington to tackle climate risk

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is expanding its strategic relationship with Wellington Management Co. to better integrate climate science research into its investments. Ontario Teachers’ and Wellington…

  • By: Staff
  • May 5, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:00

Ontario Teachers’ expanding relationship with Wellington to tackle climate risk

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is expanding its strategic relationship with Wellington Management Co. to better integrate climate science research into its investments. Wellington and…

  • By: Staff
  • May 5, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 11:26
Majority of Canadian employers not changing benefits plan due to coronavirus: survey

Majority of Canadian employers not changing benefits plan due to coronavirus: survey

More than two-thirds (68 per cent) of Canadian employers said they don’t intend to make changes to their benefits plan during the coronavirus crisis, according to…

  • By: Staff
  • May 5, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:00
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Interest in DBplus and OPTrust Select remains amid coronavirus crisis

The coronavirus crisis is putting new stresses on businesses as they grapple with cash flow and business continuity, but even amid such uncertainty, some employers…

BCI, CPPIB and PSP in deal to form new internet provider

BCI, CPPIB and PSP in deal to form new internet provider

Searchlight Capital Partners, along with several Canadian pension investors, is acquiring the U.S. Northwest operations and assets of internet and telephone services provider Frontier Communications, forming…

  • By: Staff
  • May 5, 2020 November 11, 2020
  • 08:45
What are the implications for pension funds coming out of coronavirus crisis?

What are the implications for pension funds coming out of coronavirus crisis?

Last August, I wrote about whether central banks were creating a financial bubble with their coordinated easing programs intended to spur economic growth and/or lift inflation.…

  • May 5, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 08:30
Blue Cross, SSQ latest sponsors of digital mental-health program

Blue Cross, SSQ latest sponsors of digital mental-health program

Blue Cross and SSQ Life Insurance Co. Inc. are the latest insurers to join as sponsors of MindBeacon Group’s Stronger Minds, a free digital program…

  • By: Staff
  • May 4, 2020 November 11, 2020
  • 15:00
AIMCo calls reports of losses on volatility strategy ‘dramatically’ overstated

AIMCo calls reports of losses on volatility strategy ‘dramatically’ overstated

Recent reports of significant investment losses on the part of the Alberta Investment Management Corp. are overblown, according to chief executive officer Kevin Uebelein. In recent…

  • By: Staff
  • May 4, 2020 November 11, 2020
  • 09:29
Coronavirus could reduce employer health-care costs, finds analysis

Coronavirus could reduce employer health-care costs, finds analysis

The coronavirus pandemic could reduce employer health-care costs by as much as four per cent in 2020 as medical care for non-infected patients has declined,…

  • By: Staff
  • May 4, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 08:45
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Valuation uncertainty, not liquidity, driver behind real estate fund suspensions

During the global financial crisis, certain real estate funds were suspended because of liquidity constraints, but during the coronavirus downturn, it’s valuation uncertainty that’s causing…

Empire Life adds mental-health navigator, TeksMed launches mental well-being app

Empire Life adds mental-health navigator, TeksMed launches mental well-being app

The Empire Life Insurance Co. is including a mental-health navigator in all of its group benefits plans beginning May 1. Through the navigator, which is…

  • By: Staff
  • May 1, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15
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Morneau names Tiff Macklem new Bank of Canada governor

Tiff Macklem, a former second-in-command at the Bank of Canada, is returning to the central bank to take over the top job at a moment…

Nova Scotia Teachers’ names new trustee chair

The Nova Scotia Teachers’ Pension Plan Trustee Inc. has appointed John Rogers as its new chair, effective July 1, 2020. The trusteeship manages the plan,…

  • By: Staff
  • May 1, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 10:29