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Sprout acquiring Calgary-based predictive health-data analytics provider

Toronto-based digital well-being solutions provider Sprout is acquiring Calgary-based predictive health-data analytics company Vivametrica Ltd. Vivametrica analyzes, measures and predicts health risks, potential outcomes and…

  • By: Staff
  • August 14, 2020 November 24, 2020
  • 09:00
Head to head: What shape will global economic recovery take?

Head to head: What shape will global economic recovery take?

As the global economy slogs through one of the most dire situations in living memory, some predict it will bounce right back to its old…

How Corteva Agriscience Canada transformed its culture after a merger

Formed a year ago through a merger and a spin off, Corteva Agriscience Canada is using change as an opportunity to redefine what it means…

2020 Top 100 Pension Funds Report: How have Canada’s DB pensions changed over the last decade?

2020 Top 100 Pension Funds Report: How have Canada’s DB pensions changed over the last decade?

Whether it’s battling the challenges of plan maturity, increasing longevity, the changing nature of work or difficult financial markets, these so-called golden handcuffs are looking…

Canadian pension portfolio exposure to China inching higher

Canadian pension portfolio exposure to China inching higher

The rallying cry that China is simply too significant a part of the world’s economy to leave out of a well-diversified portfolio is about to…

How will China play into Canadian pension portfolios as exposure inches higher?

The rallying cry that China is simply too significant a part of the world’s economy to leave out of a well-diversified portfolio is about to…

UBC faculty pension plan offers fossil fuel-free investment option

UBC faculty pension plan offers fossil fuel-free investment option

Over the last several years, a small group of faculty members at the University of British Columbia has been calling on its pension plan’s board…

Successful return-to-work processes more essential during coronavirus

Successful return-to-work processes more essential during coronavirus

For Chantelle Tadman, returning to work after maternity leave was more eventful than she’d hoped it would be. Between needing to take disability leave during…

Has coronavirus derailed progress of DC decumulation strategies?

For defined contribution plan members who were intending to retire in the first half of 2020, the market crash caused by the coronavirus may have…

Q&A with the City of Mississauga’s Elena Shiganova

The City of Mississauga’s acting senior manager of total rewards talks virtual health care, pension communications and spending time with family. Q. What top challenges…

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Coronavirus accelerating long-term secular trends in farmland

While the coronavirus crisis is impacting many real assets, people still require food and therefore still require farmland. The asset class is a stable one…

  • By: Yaelle Gang
  • August 14, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 08:34
Canadian salary increase budgets dropping in 2020: survey

Canadian salary increase budgets dropping in 2020: survey

Organizations in all Canadian provinces and territories are seeing a drop in their salary increase budgets for 2020, according to a new survey by WorldatWork.…

  • By: Staff
  • August 13, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:18
Bloomberg launching proprietary ESG scores

Bloomberg launching proprietary ESG scores

Institutional investors looking to score potential investments on environmental, social and governance factors now have a new option. Bloomberg is launching its own set of ESG…

  • By: Staff
  • August 13, 2020 November 11, 2020
  • 08:45

Editorial: Mental-health support from a corporate, national and gendered perspective

This year marks Benefits Canada’s fifth annual Mental Health Issue, an initiative introduced in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic as employers ramped up their…

Head to head: Are employers responsible for employee mental health in an uncertain economic environment?

In these uncertain times, there are strategic opportunities to implement mental-health polices, programs and services that provide tangible benefits for both employers and employees. Rebecca…

How Pratt & Whitney’s winning mental-health program supports employees, strengthens leadership

Known as ‘Inspire,’ Pratt & Whitney Canada’s health and well-being program has evolved since its launch in November 2020, growing with employees’ changing needs, using…