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Vodacom Group rolls out gender-neutral parental leave

Vodacom Group, a South African telecommunications firm, is providing all global employees with 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave, regardless of their gender or…

  • By: Staff
  • September 16, 2020 November 17, 2020
  • 15:00

Considerations for integrating ESG into fixed income

Environmental, social and governance factors are highly relevant to fixed income investment outcomes, but integration is complicated by the variety of issuers within the asset…

  • By: Kelsey Rolfe
  • September 16, 2020 November 17, 2020
  • 09:45

Pension benefits continue to lead growth in Canadian insurance industry: CLHIA

Canadians received a record $103 billion in benefits from life and health insurers last year, up 60 per cent from a decade earlier, according to…

  • By: Staff
  • September 16, 2020 November 30, 2020
  • 09:00

PIAC disputes recommendation for further regulation of proxy advisory firms

The Pension Investment Association of Canada took issue with some of the recommendations drafted by Ontario’s capital markets modernization task force, specifically those related to…

  • By: Staff
  • September 16, 2020 December 5, 2020
  • 07:46

FSRA estimating jump in DB pension solvency off rebound in markets

The median projected solvency for Ontario’s defined benefit pension plans increased to 90 per cent at the end of 2020’s second quarter, up from 85…

  • By: Staff
  • September 15, 2020 November 17, 2020
  • 15:30

OTIP employees joining CAAT’s DBplus pension

The Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan and its group of companies are the latest employers to join the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology’s DBplus pension…

  • By: Staff
  • September 15, 2020 November 30, 2020
  • 15:15

FSRA seeking input on draft guidance for DB pension asset transfers

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority is seeking stakeholder input on draft guidance on providing consent for asset transfer transactions under the Pension Benefits Act. Aiming…

  • By: Staff
  • September 15, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 09:40

FSRA seeking input on draft guidance for DB pension transfers

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority is seeking stakeholder input on draft guidance on providing consent for asset transfer transactions under the Pension Benefits Act. Aiming to…

  • By: Staff
  • September 15, 2020 November 30, 2020
  • 09:00
SHARE, Groupe Investissement Responsable launching Canadian proxy voting company

SHARE, Groupe Investissement Responsable launching Canadian proxy voting company

The Shareholder Association for Research and Education and Groupe Investissement Responsable Inc. are creating a joint venture to provide proxy voting services to institutional investors…

  • By: Staff
  • September 15, 2020 November 17, 2020
  • 08:55

Pandemic blurring work-life lines a recipe for employee burnout

Even before the coronavirus pandemic, technology was blurring the lines between work and home life. An unhealthy attachment to our mobile phones made it easy…

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ADB forecasts developing Asian economies in recession in 2020

Developing economies in Asia will contract in 2020, the first such downturn in nearly 60 years, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday in an update…

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OTIP employees joining CAAT’s DBplus

The Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan and its group of companies is the latest employer to join the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology’s DBplus pension…

  • By: Staff
  • September 15, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 06:54
OMERS participates in funding round for Canadian competitive intelligence company

OMERS participates in funding round for Canadian competitive intelligence company

The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System’s venture capital arm, OMERS Ventures, is participating in a series-A funding round for Klue, a Vancouver-based competitive enablement company,…

  • By: Staff
  • September 14, 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