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CPPIB updates sustainable investing policy

CPPIB updates sustainable investing policy

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is updating its policy on sustainable investing to reflect an increased conviction in the importance of environmental, social and governance risks…

  • By: Staff
  • July 24, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:15
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Quebec introduces new relief measures for supplemental pension plans

Quebec has published new draft regulations aimed at helping the administrators of supplemental pension plans to navigate the coronavirus pandemic. The proposed regulations would allow plan members…

  • By: Staff
  • July 24, 2020 November 16, 2021
  • 09:00
Mercer Canada appointing wealth business leader

Mercer Canada appointing wealth business leader

Mercer Canada is appointing Teresa Palandra as leader of its wealth business. Palandra will be in charge of investment, wealth management and retirement services and solutions…

  • By: Staff
  • July 24, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 08:45
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Canadian pensions sign pledge to tackle anti-Black systemic racism

Several prominent players in Canada’s pension industry have signed onto the BlackNorth Initiative, pledging to take specific actions within their organizations to tackle anti-Black systemic…

  • By: Staff
  • July 24, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 07:56
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June inflation rate turns positive amid early stages of economic reopening

The country’s inflation barometer turned positive last month after two months of deflation as the consumer price index increased by 0.7 per cent in June…

Cirque’s adventure may end badly for Quebec institutional investors

Cirque’s adventure may end badly for Quebec institutional investors

The purchase offer for Cirque du Soleil from its secured creditors risks eliminating Quebec’s longstanding presence as a shareholder and causing losses of tens of…

Navacord acquiring Ontario-based benefits firms

Navacord acquiring Ontario-based benefits firms

Navacord Corp. is acquiring Ontario-based firms Selectpath Benefits and Financial Inc. and ProBenefits Consulting Inc., more than doubling its benefits revenue. With a strong presence…

  • By: Staff
  • July 23, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15
Most Canadians don’t understand CPP, OAS deferral options: survey

Most Canadians don’t understand CPP, OAS deferral options: survey

When it comes to retirement benefits like the Canada Pension Plan and old-age security, the majority of Canadians don’t understand their options for deferral, according…

  • By: Staff
  • July 23, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:15
Canadian pensions, consultants, institutional investors sign pledge to tackle anti-Black racism

Canadian pensions, consultants, institutional investors sign pledge to tackle anti-Black racism

Several prominent players in Canada’s pensions and benefits industries have signed onto the BlackNorth Initiative, pledging to take specific actions within their organizations to tackle…

  • By: Staff
  • July 23, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 08:45
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Is value investing still relevant?

With a rough 2020 year-to-date, value investing’s recent poor performance follows over a decade of underperformance, leaving many to ask if it’s still relevant, according…

  • By: Staff
  • July 23, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 08:08
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Higher tax rates expected in Biden administration

Former vice-president Joseph Biden will inherit an economy beleaguered by the battle against the coronavirus if he wins the election in November. The recession will…

  • By: Katie Deal
  • July 23, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 08:00
Caisse ups stake in Brazilian oil and gas transport company

Caisse ups stake in Brazilian oil and gas transport company

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, along with French utility company Engie, is acquiring the remaining 10 per cent stake in Brazilian oil and…

  • By: Staff
  • July 22, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15
Is the 9-to-5 workday a thing of the past?

Is the 9-to-5 workday a thing of the past?

As lockdown restrictions begin to lift and companies co-ordinate their return-to-work processes, more than half (55 per cent) of Canadian employees said they’d prefer to…

  • By: Staff
  • July 22, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:00

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