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A look at consumer-grade benefits plan technology, communications

A look at consumer-grade benefits plan technology, communications

Today’s consumer culture includes shopping online, booking vacations on smartphones and receiving recommendations for the next must-watch movie or television show based on most recent…

Injecting communications with kindness and confidence during the coronavirus crisis

Injecting communications with kindness and confidence during the coronavirus crisis

In this pandemic year, with workers suddenly physically distant and deeply stressed, employers have been forced to make swift changes to how they manage employee…

Q&A with the Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education’s Beverly Silver

Q&A with the Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education’s Beverly Silver

Beverly Silver, the Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education’s employee benefits officer, talks employee assistance programs, employee training and independent coffee shops. Q. What top challenges…

  • November 20, 2020 March 3, 2021
  • 08:50
Pension plans focusing on ethical, responsible investing

Pension plans focusing on ethical, responsible investing

Demand for defined benefit pension plan sponsors to focus on environmental, social and governance factors through their investments is growing. Both plan sponsors and members have…

NL’s College of Physicians and Surgeons latest employer to join DBplus pension

NL’s College of Physicians and Surgeons latest employer to join DBplus pension

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador is the latest employer to join the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan’s…

  • By: Staff
  • November 19, 2020 January 19, 2021
  • 09:00
Nav Canada, Goodyear Canada share experiences with LDI in low interest rate world

Nav Canada, Goodyear Canada share experiences with LDI in low interest rate world

Despite the low interest rate environment, it still makes sense for defined benefit pension plan sponsors to adopt a liability-driven investment strategy, said Serge Lapierre,…

  • By: Yaelle Gang
  • November 19, 2020 January 19, 2021
  • 08:04
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Scotiabank focusing on further strengthening workforce diversity, inclusion

Scotiabank is aiming to increase the representation of visible minorities in senior management roles by 30 per cent or more over the next five years,…

  • By: Staff
  • November 18, 2020 January 8, 2024
  • 15:15
Green Shield Canada, Maple partner for virtual-care program

Green Shield Canada, Maple partner for virtual-care program

Green Shield Canada is partnering with Maple to provide its group benefits plan members with free access to the virtual-care provider’s platform for the winter months…

  • By: Staff
  • November 18, 2020 November 18, 2020
  • 15:00
NL’s College of Physicians and Surgeons latest employer to join DBplus pension

NL’s College of Physicians and Surgeons latest employer to join DBplus pension

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador is the latest employer to join the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan’s…

  • By: Staff
  • November 18, 2020 January 19, 2021
  • 15:00
Learn more about the Chief Investment Officer of the Year Award finalists

Learn more about the Chief Investment Officer of the Year Award finalists

The Canadian Investment Review’s Chief Investment Officer of the Year Award will be presented to a CIO that has demonstrated leadership when it comes to…

  • By: Staff
  • November 18, 2020 January 19, 2021
  • 11:38

Bank of Canada governor says country needs to pick up pace on tackling climate change

Canada’s top central banker is making a plea for the country to more quickly address the impacts of climate change to avoid any economic ripple…

HOOPP bolstering bonds with alternative investments

HOOPP bolstering bonds with alternative investments

As bond yields drop, many Canadian pension plans are looking at new strategies to increase returns through alternative investments, according to a webinar hosted by…

  • By: Blake Wolfe
  • November 18, 2020 January 19, 2021
  • 09:15
Vaccine news a shot in the arm for value investing

Vaccine news a shot in the arm for value investing

Now is the time for institutional investors to buy value, small cap and cyclical stocks and hold steady while the economy builds back, says Bill…

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