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How can pension plan sponsors manage factor exposure in equity portfolios?

While factor behaviour tends to be consistent in market crashes and corrections, individual factor performance varies over the medium term. As such, institutional investors should…

  • By: Staff
  • July 31, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 07:56
New report highlights financial considerations of delaying CPP payments

New report highlights financial considerations of delaying CPP payments

A retiree faces a 50 per cent probability of receiving more income by delaying Canada Pension Plan payments, according to a new report by the…

  • By: Staff
  • July 30, 2020 November 30, 2020
  • 15:15
Most RBC, TD employees to work from home until at least 2021

Most RBC, TD employees to work from home until at least 2021

Royal Bank of Canada and TD Bank Group say most of their staff will work from home until next year to further stop the spread…

Caisse, Sun Life, investing in telemedicine provider

Sun Life Financial is entering into a strategic commercial partnership and making a $32.7 million equity investment in Canadian telemedicine provider Dialogue. Through the deal,…

  • By: Staff
  • July 30, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 14:26
Fees, terms can make all the difference in private equity partnerships, finds study

Fees, terms can make all the difference in private equity partnerships, finds study

What makes the fees and terms of one private equity deal better than another? A new study by Callan examined 90 private equity partnerships to…

  • By: Staff
  • July 30, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:15
Sun Life, Caisse investing in Canadian telemedicine provider

Sun Life, Caisse investing in Canadian telemedicine provider

Sun Life Financial is making an equity investment of $32.7 million in Canadian telemedicine provider Dialogue, with the two entities forming a strategic commercial partnership.…

  • By: Staff
  • July 30, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 08:45
Report calling for paid sick, family leave and changes to EI as part of pandemic recovery

Report calling for paid sick, family leave and changes to EI as part of pandemic recovery

A new report is urging the federal government to introduce new types of leave and make broad changes to employment insurance. The report, by the YWCA Canada…

  • By: Staff
  • July 30, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 08:45
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Fed sees dim economic outlook as virus squeezes economy

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Wednesday that the viral epidemic is endangering the modest economic recovery that followed a collapse in hiring and spending…

Canadian DB plans see upsurge in second quarter: report

Canadian DB plans see upsurge in second quarter: report

Canadian defined benefit pension plans experienced an upsurge in the second quarter of 2020, posting a median return of 9.6 per cent, according to RBC…

  • By: Staff
  • July 29, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15
People Corporation adding Aon alums Siddall, Bell

People Corporation adding Aon alums Siddall, Bell

People Corporation Inc. is appointing two Aon alums to its team, effective July 31. Kim Siddall is vice-president of enterprise consulting for the West and Kevin Bell is…

  • By: Staff
  • July 29, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15
Workplace inclusivity starts with acknowledging systemic racism: report

Workplace inclusivity starts with acknowledging systemic racism: report

Canadian businesses are grappling with how to move forward with conversations around race. “In order to affect the systemic changes needed to foster inclusivity, we…

63% of Canadian employers investing in employee well-being for post-pandemic: survey

Four in five (80 per cent) Canadian employers believe they have the appropriate programs and practices in place to support employees’ mental, physical, emotional and…

  • By: Staff
  • July 29, 2020 February 17, 2021
  • 09:45
HOOPP joining association to foster peer-to-peer trading

HOOPP joining association to foster peer-to-peer trading

The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan, along with three other large pension plans and other stakeholders, is forming the Global Peer Financing Association. The goal…

  • By: Staff
  • July 29, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:00

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