The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that a wrongfully dismissed employee could take advantage of the stock options and restricted share units that vested…
Cadillac Fairview Corp. let the dogs out at four of its downtown Toronto office towers to cheer up its employees on Blue Monday, known as…
The investment industry has been talking a lot about our position in the economic cycle and our proximity to a recession. In fact, I wrote about it…
SEI Investments Canada Co. is appointing Kendra Kaake as director of investment strategy for its institutional group in Canada. With more than 20 years of…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is joining Placements CMI and Fonds de solidarité FTQ to take on equal ownership of multiple assets from private…
The third Monday of January, known as Blue Monday, is considered the saddest day of the year, but some Canadian employers are trying to make it a…
Low interest rates and reduced trade tensions will likely buoy the global economy over the next two years and help nurture steady if modest growth.…
Climate change’s ramifications for real estate, the rise of innovative technologies and the changing nature of stakeholder activism are some of the environmental, social and…
As holiday bills come due, resolutions to save more are forgotten and Blue Monday — touted as the most depressing day of the year —…
Half (50 per cent) of pre-retirees said they plan to work in retirement but only 11 per cent of retirees reported they actually had returned…
Canadian-based health-care provider INLIV is appointing Lori Casselman as president and chief revenue officer of Wello, its virtual care platform and telemedicine business. In the new role, Casselman will focus…
Download PDF (2 MB) China has rapidly become the second-largest economy in the world and has been the key driver in global growth over the…
The OPSEU Pension Trust, alongside Bruc Iberia Energy Investment Partners and Green Investment Group, are acquiring two solar photovoltaic power plants that are currently under construction in Spain…
The Iron Ore Co. of Canada has purchased a $560 million group annuity buy-in that covers more than 3,700 defined benefit plan beneficiaries and current retirees. The…
When pension plans have access to a lot of forecasting information, it’s easy to be tempted into straying from an initial plan. Yet sticking to…
The current market environment continues to push institutional investors into alternative assets, seeking both yield and diversification, but not all options are created equal. Hedge…
North American envelope marker and marketer Supremex Inc. is purchasing a $46 million group annuity buy-in through RBC Life Insurance Co. The deal covers 361…
On Dec. 3, the 2019 Face to Face Drug Plan Management Forum featured sessions on rare disease, the pharmaceutical industry’s point of view, legal obligations…
While high-cost specialty medications represent about 30 per cent of drug costs, the total budget impact of rare disease drugs is less than two per…
Pharmaceutical companies and private payers can interact in different ways to ensure the right drugs are getting to the right patients, according to Kathy Sotirakos,…
As the landscape of Canadian drug plan management continues to evolve, several programs are being implemented by insurers and pharmacy benefits managers to help plan sponsors…
With Canada’s population ageing and research and development looking to produce medications that are beneficial for this evolving demographic, drugs are becoming more expensive, according to Mitch…
At the start of a new decade, it makes sense to look in the rear-view mirror to better understand where the industry is going. For drug plans, a…
The British Columbia Supreme Court has found that an individual who was the “directing mind of a company,” but not a trustee of its pension…
Institutional investors have been going back and forth about whether monetary policy will provide the tailwinds to markets it did last year or whether central banks…