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Benefits plan members nervous about in-person health care, finds survey

Benefits plan members nervous about in-person health care, finds survey

Even as provinces prepare to gradually re-open, Canadians are feeling a little skittish about receiving in-person health care before a vaccine for the coronavirus is developed,…

  • By: Staff
  • May 13, 2020 November 11, 2020
  • 15:15
Disconnection from colleagues key challenge of working remotely: survey

Disconnection from colleagues key challenge of working remotely: survey

Three-quarters (74 per cent) of Canadian employees who are working remotely said their manager has clearly communicated their expectations around remote work, according to a…

  • By: Staff
  • May 13, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:00
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What’s next for monetary policy on other side of coronavirus crisis?

Monetary and fiscal policy-makers around the world are taking different approaches to tackling the  current economic crisis, but their actions today will pose challenges down…

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Extreme uncertainty produces extreme opportunities

The novel coronavirus pandemic has been an enormous human tragedy and its ultimate impact on the global economy remains impossible to predict. For many companies,…

OPTrust highlights green bonds, sustainable investment team in latest responsible investing report

The OPSEU Pension Trust has published its latest responsible investing report, highlighting a number of initiatives it’s undertaken in the past year. In 2019, the…

  • By: Staff
  • May 13, 2020 March 11, 2021
  • 09:15
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OPTrust highlights green bonds, sustainable investment team in responsible investing report

The OPSEU Pension Trust has released a responsible investing report, highlighting a number of sustainability initiatives it has undertaken in the past year. In 2019,…

  • By: Staff
  • May 13, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 09:14

Twitter to allow employees to work from home ‘forever’

With employers around the world forced to move to a work-from-home model in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, Twitter Inc. says it will allow…

  • By: Staff
  • May 13, 2020 August 17, 2021
  • 08:45
Two more employers joining CAAT’s DBplus

Two more employers joining CAAT’s DBplus

The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan has added two more employers to its DBplus offering. Skills Canada Ontario and Fraser Group are…

  • By: Staff
  • May 12, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:30

PIAC concerned about Aon, Willis Towers Watson merger

The Pension Investment Association of Canada is raising concerns about the impact of the impending merger between Aon and Willis Towers Watson on pension plans…

  • By: Staff
  • May 12, 2020 May 13, 2021
  • 15:15
iA Financial Group partnering with Dialogue on telemedicine service

iA Financial Group partnering with Dialogue on telemedicine service

iA Financial Group is teaming up with Dialogue Technologies Inc. to improve health-care access for its group benefits plan members. The platform allows plan members…

  • By: Staff
  • May 12, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:00
CPPIB buying stake in French wind farms

CPPIB buying stake in French wind farms

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is acquiring a 49 per cent of the entity that holds Enbridge Inc.’s stake in Éolien Maritime France SAS, Enbridge’s…

  • By: Staff
  • May 12, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:02
OSFI easing restrictions on pension portability transfers

OSFI easing restrictions on pension portability transfers

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions is relaxing its freeze on portability transfers to automatically permit pension plan members who are eligible for…

Governments must focus on decumulation in the age of coronavirus

Governments must focus on decumulation in the age of coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic could be the most devastating crisis of most Canadians’ lifetimes. In the past two months, efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus…

Editorial: Celebrating winning employers shines a light in dark times

As we come to the end of another year, we continue to confront an uncertain geopolitical landscape, with wars raging on and leaders tangled in…

Head to head: What’s riskier right now: investments in private equity or public equity?

One academic argues in favour of public equity’s transparency in a volatile economy, while another looks to private equity’s future gains. Yuanshun Li, associate professor,…

How Waterloo Regional Health Network leadership unified retirement benefits under the HOOPP to ensure equity across its workforce

When Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital merged in April 2025, leaders weren’t just bringing together two sites and two cultures, they also…

  • By: Sonya Singh
  • December 12, 2025 December 14, 2025
  • 08:58