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OMERS considering shared-risk indexing and expanding eligibility to non full-time workers

The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System sponsors corporation board is considering two plan design changes: the introduction of shared-risk indexing and the expansion of pension…

  • By: Staff
  • April 22, 2020 December 13, 2020
  • 11:47
Unions across job sectors crying out for increased safety measures

Unions across job sectors crying out for increased safety measures

Unions across the country are pushing for further measures to keep their members safe, whether they stock the frozen food section in a grocery store…

35% of Canadians expect to lose their jobs in the next four weeks: Stats Can

35% of Canadians expect to lose their jobs in the next four weeks: Stats Can

More than a third (35 per cent) of Canadians said they expect to lose their job or the main source of self-employment income in the next four weeks…

  • By: Staff
  • April 22, 2020 November 11, 2020
  • 09:30
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Morningstar to acquire Sustainalytics

Two big players in the investment research space are joining forces. Morningstar Inc., a U.S.-based independent research firm is fully acquiring Sustainalytics, a Dutch-domiciled firm…

  • By: Staff
  • April 22, 2020 December 13, 2020
  • 08:39
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How can pension plans ensure diversity of thought at the board table?

Much attention has been paid to surface-level diversity in the boardroom, but what about diversity of thought? “Groupthink describes faulty decision-making,” says Rahul Bhardwaj, president…

Will China come out of pandemic stronger in institutional investors’ eyes?

Will China come out of pandemic stronger in institutional investors’ eyes?

Even amid the global chaos created by the coronavirus pandemic, China is too big an economy for institutional investors to ignore. A recent report by Greenwich…

Morneau Shepell, Lift partner on virtual fitness programs

Morneau Shepell, Lift partner on virtual fitness programs

Morneau Shepell Ltd. and fitness app Lift are partnering to add artificial intelligence-based fitness programs and live coaches to Morneau Shepell’s LifeWorks well-being platform. Through the…

  • By: Staff
  • April 21, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:00
Equitable Life offering premium relief on health, dental benefits

Equitable Life offering premium relief on health, dental benefits

Equitable Life Insurance Co. of Canada is offering premium relief for all of its traditional and myFlex group plans for health and dental benefits. Since…

  • By: Staff
  • April 21, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:15

How to help CAP members now and in the future

In this time of pandemic, a lot has been shared about the woes of defined benefit pension plans, but members of capital accumulation plans are…

Can employees’ subjective ages impact their savings behaviour?

In 2018, a 69-year-old man named Emile Ratelband in the Netherlands lost a legal fight to change his birth date to 20 years earlier, arguing…

  • By: Yaelle Gang
  • April 21, 2020 December 13, 2020
  • 07:54
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Q&A: Oil prices go negative. What does that mean?

The world is awash in oil, there’s little demand for it and we’re running out of places to put it. That in a nutshell explains…

Employers taking many approaches to leave, benefits during coronavirus pandemic

Employers taking many approaches to leave, benefits during coronavirus pandemic

Canadian employers are taking varied approaches to leave, compensation and benefits during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey by Aon. The survey, conducted…

  • By: Staff
  • April 20, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:30
Nearly five million more Canadians worked at home in March: Stats Can

Nearly five million more Canadians worked at home in March: Stats Can

About 4.7 million Canadians who don’t usually work from home did so during the week of March 22, according to a new survey by Statistics…

  • By: Staff
  • April 20, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15

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