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Roundtable: Plan sponsor considerations around medical cannabis coverage

Roundtable: Plan sponsor considerations around medical cannabis coverage

When the federal government signed the Cannabis Act into law in 2018, legalizing recreational cannabis, it also committed to providing patients with better access to…

How Concordia University’s pension plan is putting liabilities first

Since the financial crisis, the Pension Plan for the Employees of Concordia University has transformed the way it approaches investments by introducing its first funding…

What pension legislation is expected in 2020?

What pension legislation is expected in 2020?

Pension plan stakeholders will see a continued evolution of both short- and long-term reform, with some significant developments expected in 2020. “Hopefully, Ontario will finalize…

Why you should hire a workplace life coach

Why you should hire a workplace life coach

From rowing to rugby, skiing to athletics, coaching has long been an intrinsic part of sports. In the workplace, however, coaching is a newer development.…

Q&A with Ceridian’s Michelle Bogart

Q&A with Ceridian’s Michelle Bogart

Ceridian HCM Inc.’s director of employee engagement and culture discusses flexible working, parental leave and family bike rides. Q. What top challenges do you face…

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Watchdog warns of dangers in riskier corner of debt market

In a low-rate world where income is increasingly tough to find, more and more investors are getting into the riskier corners of lending to companies.…

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MSCI to reclassify Kuwait as emerging market

MSCI Inc. is awarding emerging market status to the MSCI Kuwait Indexes as the country’s equity market now meets the required criteria for reclassification. The…

  • By: Staff
  • December 20, 2019 December 13, 2020
  • 06:47
New report calling on feds to allow Canadians to buy annuities within TFSAs

New report calling on feds to allow Canadians to buy annuities within TFSAs

A new report by the C.D. Howe Institute is recommending the federal government amend legislation to allow Canadians to buy life annuities within a tax-free savings account.…

  • By: Staff
  • December 19, 2019 November 30, 2020
  • 10:15
Canada Life eliminating plastic drug plan cards, moving to complete digital experience

Canada Life eliminating plastic drug plan cards, moving to complete digital experience

The Canada Life Assurance Co. is eliminating plastic drug plan cards, with an aim to move to a completely digital experience for group plan members…

  • By: Staff
  • December 19, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 08:45
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Sun Life to expand infrastructure expertise with investment in InfraRed

Sun Life Financial Inc. says it has committed about $1.05 billion for a deal that will give it majority ownership of London-based InfraRed Capital Partners,…

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Nasdaq launches sustainable bond network

The Nasdaq is launching a publicly available, web-based sustainable bond network. Bond issuers will be able to use the platform to voluntarily publish data and…

  • By: Staff
  • December 19, 2019 December 13, 2020
  • 08:03
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Swedish central bank ends pioneering era of subzero rates

Sweden’s central bank has ended a five-year experiment of keeping its benchmark interest rate below zero, a policy that other countries have also adopted to…

CPPIB investing in Indian distressed assets platform

CPPIB investing in Indian distressed assets platform

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is committing US$225 million to the India Resurgence Fund platform, through its wholly owned subsidiary CPPIB Credit Investments Inc. The IndiaRF is…

  • By: Staff
  • December 18, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 15:00

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