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CPPIB buys shares of North American speciality food company

Premium Brands Holdings Corp., which owns a broad range of food manufacturing and distribution businesses operating throughout the U.S. and Canada, has completed a private…

  • By: Staff
  • July 20, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 08:11
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BCI’s QuadReal launches green bond framework

QuadReal Property Group, the real estate investment arm of the British Columbia Investment Management Corp., is launching a green bond framework. The framework is for…

  • By: Staff
  • July 20, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 07:38
Just 4% of global employees want to return to office full time: survey

Just 4% of global employees want to return to office full time: survey

While 33 per cent of global employees said they want to return to the physical workplace full time after the coronavirus pandemic in April, that…

  • By: Staff
  • July 17, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15
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How coronavirus will affect real estate investing long term

Institutional investors are grappling with the long-term implications of how the coronavirus pandemic will affect demand for various real estate sectors. Many real estate assets…

Women’s participation in labour force reaches lowest level in three decades: study

Women’s participation in labour force reaches lowest level in three decades: study

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed women’s participation in the labour force down to its lowest level in three decades and rebounding won’t be easy, according…

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Is the importance of quantitative analysis growing in wake of coronavirus?

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, in-person visits by institutional investors have been drastically reduced, temporarily short circuiting qualitative due diligence and leading to slightly more reliance…

Sounding Board: Ground is shifting, benefits plans must focus on individuals

Sounding Board: Ground is shifting, benefits plans must focus on individuals

The pandemic changed our world and our jobs overnight and stretched compassion, empathy and flexibility to the limit. There has never been a better time…

Blessing in disguise? DC pension plan sponsors not changing much in response to coronavirus

Blessing in disguise? DC pension plan sponsors not changing much in response to coronavirus

While it’s likely a small mercy that defined contribution plan members, by and large, didn’t have knee-jerk reactions to recent market turbulence, plan sponsors have…

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What’s keeping ESG rankings so convoluted?

Morningstar Inc. is taking aim at the disparate ESG disclosure requirements still hampering the investment industry. In a recent report, Morningstar explored some of the…

  • By: Staff
  • July 17, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 08:15
‘New reality’ of workplace includes virtual health care, enhanced mental-health support: survey

‘New reality’ of workplace includes virtual health care, enhanced mental-health support: survey

The coronavirus pandemic is dramatically affecting workplaces, employers and employees across Canada, according to a new survey by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.…

  • By: Staff
  • July 16, 2020 November 30, 2020
  • 15:15
Siemens allowing ‘mobile working’ permanently for many workers

Siemens allowing ‘mobile working’ permanently for many workers

Industrial conglomerate Siemens is allowing more than 100,000 of its employees to work away from the office for two or three days a week on…

Accounting standards for public multi-employer pension plans require updating: report

Accounting standards for public multi-employer pension plans require updating: report

When Canadian taxpayers are on the hook for public sector pension plan obligations, these institutions must spell that out clearly in their financial reporting, according to…

  • By: Staff
  • July 16, 2020 November 30, 2020
  • 09:20
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Caisse provides loan to infection-control product company

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is providing a loan to Medicom Inc., a Quebec-based manufacturer and distributor of infection-control products. The company…

  • By: Staff
  • July 16, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 09:09

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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