PSP Investments sees -0.6% net return for fiscal year
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board posted a negative 0.6 per cent net return for the fiscal year, which ended March 31, 2020. Severe market…
- By: Staff
- July 10, 2020 December 6, 2020
- 12:41
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Prescription for mental-health drugs on the rise during pandemic: analysis
The coronavirus pandemic has prompted a spike in the use of prescription medication for mental-health concerns, according to an analysis by Express Scripts Canada. The…
- By: Staff
- July 10, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 09:15
Is it time for pension plan sponsors to revisit risk tolerance?
The coronavirus crisis may be a signal for some pension plan sponsors that it’s time to revisit their appetite for risk. A typical asset-liability study…
- By: Yaelle Gang, the Canadian Investment Review
- July 10, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 09:00
What’s keeping ESG rankings so convoluted?
With its recent acquisition of environmental, social and governance data analytics provider Sustainalytics, Morningstar Inc. is taking aim at the disparate ESG disclosure requirements still hampering…
- By: Staff
- July 10, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 09:00
Is it time for pension plans to do away with absolute return benchmarks in infrastructure?
For years, institutional investors have used absolute return or cash-plus benchmarks to measure infrastructure performance, but it’s time to put these in the past and…
- By: Staff
- July 10, 2020 December 6, 2020
- 08:00
Canadians prioritizing emergency savings over retirement, other long-term goals: survey
Among Canadians with a retirement plan, 77 per cent said they’re confident they’ll have enough money to last the rest of their lives, compared to…
- By: Staff
- July 9, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 15:15
Pension veteran Sandra Nuttall remembered by colleagues
Sandra Nuttall, who spent her career in the pension industry, passed away on July 5 due to complications from dementia. Before she retired in 2011,…
- By: Staff
- July 9, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 15:00
Mental-health conditions, specialty meds driving drug plan cost increases in 2019: report
Private drug plans saw the largest yearly increase in their average eligible costs in 2019, according to Telus Health’s annual drug trends report. The report attributed…
- By: Staff
- July 9, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 10:00
PIAC calling for changes to PfAD calculation, solvency reserve accounts in N.S.
While the Pension Investment Association of Canada strongly supports Nova Scotia’s recent pension funding changes, it’s calling on the provincial government to tweak the provision for…
- By: Staff
- July 9, 2020 November 30, 2020
- 08:45
Dry powder in distressed private capital space at record high
There’s a record amount of dry powder sitting in the distressed private capital space, according to new data from Preqin. Between distressed debt, special situations…
- By: Staff
- July 9, 2020 December 6, 2020
- 08:43
Liberals foresee high unemployment, $343 billion deficit due to coronavirus
Nearly two million Canadian workers could remain unemployed this year, according to forecasts in the federal government’s long-awaited “fiscal snapshot.” The document released Wednesday details…
- By: Jordan Press, The Canadian Press
- July 9, 2020 December 6, 2020
- 08:19
Ontario Teachers’ lowered portfolio carbon footprint by 15% in 2019: report
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan’s 2019 climate change report contains its first-ever, independently assured portfolio carbon footprint. Even as the plan’s assets grew in 2019,…
- By: Staff
- July 8, 2020 November 12, 2020
- 15:00
JTI launching global equal family leave policy
Japan Tobacco International is launching a global equal family leave policy for all of its employees. The new global strategy, which goes beyond the national…
- By: Staff
- July 8, 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…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- December 12, 2025 December 10, 2025
- 09:00
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,…
- By: Benefits Canada
- December 12, 2025 December 10, 2025
- 08:59
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