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Navacord Corp. acquiring PEI-based group benefits provider

Navacord Corp. is acquiring Cooke Capital, a group benefits plan provider based in Prince Edward Island, effective Aug. 13, 2020. The partnership aims to combine…

  • By: Staff
  • August 18, 2020 November 24, 2020
  • 15:20

Ontario Teachers’ invests in supply chain tech, announces CFO to retire

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is leading a US$50-million series C funding round for Calgary-based 3D robotics supply chain company Attabotics Inc. The pension fund is making…

  • By: Staff
  • August 18, 2020 January 20, 2021
  • 15:15
Best Buy helping staff work out from home with virtual fitness classes

Best Buy helping staff work out from home with virtual fitness classes

Best Buy Canada Ltd. has had a well-used on-site gym at its Burnaby, B.C. head office for a decade. But when employees started working from…

Is it time for employers to take a look at voluntary benefits?

Voluntary benefits are the ‘choose your own adventure’ of the insurance world. For readers who remember and enjoyed those novels, they felt empowered by their…

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Finance Minister Bill Morneau resigns, plans to run for head of OECD

The only finance minister to serve under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suddenly resigned Monday night, saying someone else should guide the country through a long…

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New research finds asset owners largely satisfied with pandemic performance

The vast majority of investors (82 per cent) are satisfied with how their portfolios performed in the first half of 2020, despite some weak results…

  • By: Les Marton
  • August 18, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 07:43
Manulife names new head of Canadian operations

Manulife names new head of Canadian operations

Manulife Financial Corp. is appointing Sarah Miller Wright as head of Canadian operations. Miller Wright’s role will be to continue Manulife Canada’s work to reimagine…

  • By: Staff
  • August 17, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:25
Guardian Capital acquiring majority interest in U.S. investment manager

Guardian Capital acquiring majority interest in U.S. investment manager

Guardian Capital Group Ltd. is acquiring a 70 per cent interest in U.S.-based investment management firm Agincourt Capital Management. The acquisition, which is expected to…

  • By: Staff
  • August 17, 2020 February 23, 2021
  • 15:00
IIAC calling for retirement savings, EI reform in federal budget

IIAC calling for retirement savings, EI reform in federal budget

The Investment Industry Association of Canada is calling on the federal government to make improvements to tax-assisted retirement savings programs, modernize the country’s employment insurance…

  • By: Staff
  • August 17, 2020 November 30, 2020
  • 08:45
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Where did institutional equity investors turn in coronavirus crash?

During the coronavirus market crash, U.S. stocks with higher institutional ownership experienced worse performance, especially those held by active, short-term and domestic institutions, according to…

  • By: Staff
  • August 17, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 08:40
CPPIB sees 5.6% return for first fiscal quarter

CPPIB sees 5.6% return for first fiscal quarter

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board posted a 5.6 per cent net return for its first 2021 fiscal quarter, which ended June 30, 2020. The…

  • By: Staff
  • August 14, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15

Ontario court rules again for employees in CIBC overtime class action

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has issued additional reasons for judgment in a long-running unpaid overtime class action lawsuit against Canadian Imperial Bank of…

  • By: Staff
  • August 14, 2020 December 2, 2020
  • 15:15

Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre introduces DB pension amid pandemic

While many Canadians likely started the year worried about retirement savings as the markets were ravaged by the coronavirus fallout, some employers continued to introduce…

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
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