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Desjardins partners with Obesity Canada to keep Canadians healthy

Desjardins partners with Obesity Canada to keep Canadians healthy

Desjardins Insurance is joining Obesity Canada’s partnership program, which leverages resources from Canadian organizations to fund obesity research, education and advocacy initiatives. Marc Bertossini, director…

  • By: Staff
  • June 12, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:00
How Ontario Teachers’ is harnessing insights around pension member pain points

How Ontario Teachers’ is harnessing insights around pension member pain points

In seeking to better serve its plan members, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has been on a journey to change its strategic thinking to access…

Vestcor Corp. returns 11.76% in 2019, updates pension admin system

Vestcor Corp. returns 11.76% in 2019, updates pension admin system

Vestcor Investment Management Corp. returned 11.76 per cent in 2019, with total assets under management rising to $18.5 billion, according to its 2019 annual report.…

  • By: Staff
  • June 12, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:30
How are global retirement systems faring in the wake of coronavirus?

How are global retirement systems faring in the wake of coronavirus?

A new paper is evaluating how global retirement systems are faring in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and what reforms will be required to facilitate…

IMCO sells stake in Spanish electricity provider

IMCO sells stake in Spanish electricity provider

The Investment Management Corp. of Ontario has sold its interest in Spanish electricity provider Viesgo to funds managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets. Prior the sale,…

  • By: Staff
  • June 12, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 08:45
Do institutional investors have to choose between divestment and engagement?

Do institutional investors have to choose between divestment and engagement?

For institutional investors, the debate still rages over whether to divest from a company they find to have problematic practices where environmental, social and governance…

  • By: Staff
  • June 11, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15
CLHIA names Jean-François Chalifoux new board chair

CLHIA names Jean-François Chalifoux new board chair

The Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association is appointing Jean-François Chalifoux, chief executive officer of SSQ Life Insurance Co. Inc., as the new chair of its…

  • By: Staff
  • June 11, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:00
DB regulations a bad fit for target-benefit plans, MEPPs: report

DB regulations a bad fit for target-benefit plans, MEPPs: report

Canada’s pension regulations have been designed to govern defined benefit plans and are a bad fit for target-benefit and multi-employer pension plans, according to a…

  • By: Staff
  • June 11, 2020 November 30, 2020
  • 09:30
Alberta’s public-sector pension plans reassuring members amid worry over ministerial order

Alberta NDP introduces bill to reverse teachers’ pension transfer to AIMCo

The Alberta New Democratic Party’s labour and immigration critic is attempting to reverse the provincial government’s plan to transfer teachers’ pensions to the Alberta Investment…

  • By: Staff
  • June 11, 2020 February 15, 2022
  • 09:00
Teladoc to provide telemedicine services to 350 First Nations, Inuit employers

Teladoc to provide telemedicine services to 350 First Nations, Inuit employers

Through a partnership with Johnston Group Inc., Teledoc Health Inc. is offering its telemedicine services to 350 First Nations and Inuit employers to provide to their employees.…

  • By: Staff
  • June 10, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:00
Canadians cite 91% satisfaction rate with virtual health care

Canadians cite 91% satisfaction rate with virtual health care

Almost half of Canadians have now accessed a physician using virtual-care options and are highly satisfied with the results, according to a new survey by…

  • By: Staff
  • June 10, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:00
Survey finds strong employee loyalty but divided views on return to work

Survey finds strong employee loyalty but divided views on return to work

While the majority of Canadian employees said they remain loyal to their employers, they’re divided when it comes to returning to the workplace, according to…

  • By: Staff
  • June 10, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 08:45
Global Montreal staff reject Corus’s final offer, citing pay, benefits, pension issues

Global Montreal staff reject Corus’s final offer, citing pay, benefits, pension issues

Global Montreal employees have overwhelmingly rejected a final offer from their employer Corus Entertainment to renew their collective agreement, over concerns around their pay, benefits and…

  • By: Staff
  • June 10, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 08:15

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