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Ontario Teachers’ climate change report outlines low carbon economy transition framework

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has released its first climate change report. Written following the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s task force on climate-related…

  • By: Staff
  • July 3, 2019 January 9, 2021
  • 09:56
Using better communication to help employers close the retirement gender gap

Using better communication to help employers close the retirement gender gap

In preparing for retirement, women have to contend with the salary gap, barriers to career continuity and more limited access to employer-sponsored pension plans, making…

  • By: Staff
  • July 3, 2019 November 30, 2020
  • 09:00

A look at a Canadian momentum strategy

With no actively managed pure Canadian momentum strategies available in Canada according to research by Hillsdale Investment Management Inc., it decided to fill the market…

Increasing the rate of return for infrastructure investments

With many Asian countries in need of private infrastructure investors, one way to make it more attractive to investors is by sharing some of the…

Fees, fiduciary duty and LPACs among topics in new ILPA best practices guidance

The Institutional Limited Partners Association has released new best practices guidance covering a variety of topics in the private equity space. One topic is management…

The Canadian Press and Postmedia join CAAT’s DBplus plan

The Canadian Press and Postmedia join CAAT’s DBplus plan

The Canadian Press, London Cross Cultural Learner Centre and Postmedia Network Inc. are among the latest organizations joining the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology…

  • By: Staff
  • July 2, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 15:33
CPPIB, OMERS up stake in Indian toll roads, Caisse invests in digital health company

CPPIB, OMERS up stake in Indian toll roads, Caisse invests in digital health company

Indian-based infrastructure conglomerate IndInfravit Trust, whose owners include the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the infrastructure investment arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement Plan, is…

  • By: Staff
  • July 2, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 15:30

Hub acquiring Edmonton-based benefits, retirement consulting firm

Hub International Ltd. is acquiring benefits and retirement consulting group BenefitLink Resource Group Edmonton Holdings Inc. The acquisition is part of Hub’s strategy to increase…

  • By: Staff
  • July 2, 2019 November 16, 2020
  • 10:20
Canadian economy not immune to outside forces: report

Canadian economy not immune to outside forces: report

While geopolitical tensions are grabbing investors’ attention, how is Canada faring domestically? It’s a bit of a mixed bag, according to Russell Investments Group’s latest…

  • By: Staff
  • July 2, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 10:17
What employer participation in Pride means to employees

What employer participation in Pride means to employees

Being out at work, as a member of the LGBTQ2S+ community, can be a tricky thing. As an educator, expressing pride in one’s identity isn’t…

MSCI set to classify Kuwait as emerging market, subject to certain conditions

Subject to certain conditions, MSCI is set to promote its Kuwait index to emerging market status beginning June 2020. Later this fall, Kuwait’s financial markets…

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Populism, politics and tech continue to disrupt markets

Looking back at the first half of 2019, bond and equity markets seem to be telling opposing stories, according to T.Rowe Price’s mid-year market outlook.…

  • By: Staff
  • July 2, 2019 January 9, 2021
  • 07:48

Former Ontario Teachers’ directors’ new private equity firm invests in dentist platform

Private equity firm Peloton Capital Management has made its inaugural investment of $75 million in 123Dentist, the largest majority Canadian-owned network of dental practices. Peloton,…

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