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Regulatory headwinds preventing uniform adoption of sustainability standards in Canada: expert
The Canadian Securities Administrators admitted its decision to pause the development of a climate-related disclosure mandate for public issuers is intended to be temporary and…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- December 2, 2025 December 2, 2025
- 11:00
Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week
An article on the legal considerations for employers requiring cross-border travel was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five…
- By: Staff
- November 28, 2025 November 27, 2025
- 09:00
‘Peer pressure effect’ impacting some institutional investors’ decisions around gold, U.S. equities: experts
The most sophisticated institutional investors are trained to avoid trends or frenzies surrounding a strategy, but human nature dictates that even some will experience a…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- November 25, 2025 November 25, 2025
- 11:00
Ontario DB plans’ average solvency ratio increases to 124% in Q3 2025: FSRA
The median solvency ratio of Ontario defined benefit pension plans increased to 124 per cent during the third quarter of 2025, an increase of two…
- By: Staff
- November 21, 2025 November 20, 2025
- 15:00
Sounding Board: Checking index concentration key for institutional investors as bubble talk persists
With the S&P 500 up around 90 per cent over the last five years — the so-called ‘Magnificent 7’ driving nearly 70 per cent of…
- By: Bert Clark
- November 18, 2025 November 13, 2025
- 11:00
CPPIB returns 5.4% in Q2, net assets total $777.5 billion
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board said it earned a net return of 5.4 per cent for its second quarter. The board said the increase…
- By: The Canadian Press
- November 14, 2025 November 14, 2025
- 15:00
Scaling up private assets at Western University
As private market assets become more widely adopted by institutional investors, they open up new, unexpected opportunities. Tom Keenleyside, associate director of investments at Western…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- November 14, 2025 November 12, 2025
- 08:55
Canadian equities, materials contributing to resilience of pension plan sponsors’ portfolios: expert
Canadian equities played a role in strengthening the resiliency of institutional investors’ portfolios amid a volatile 2025, says Garey Aitken, managing director and head of…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- November 13, 2025 November 12, 2025
- 11:00
Average Canadian DB pension plan returns 4.4% in Q3 2025: report
The average Canadian defined benefit pension plan returned 4.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2025, up from 1.6 per cent in the second…
- By: Staff
- November 12, 2025 November 12, 2025
- 15:00
2025 DC Investment Forum: How target-date fund’s glide path design, long-term asset mix impact member outcomes
With target-date funds now a dominant investment vehicle in Canada’s defined contribution pension landscape, the glide path is the primary determinant of plan members’ outcomes…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- November 5, 2025 October 27, 2025
- 07:56
2025 DC Investment Forum: A look at how DC plan sponsors can integrate private assets into target-date fund lineups
While integrating private assets into target-date funds can give plan members income-generating and diversification benefits at an attractive risk profile relative to traditional asset classes,…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- November 5, 2025 October 27, 2025
- 07:55
Solvency ratio of average DB pension fund increases to 107.4% in September: report
The funded status of a typical defined benefit pension plan in Canada increased on both a solvency basis and on an accounting basis in September,…
- By: Staff
- October 29, 2025 October 28, 2025
- 15:00
Average funded ratio of Canadian DB plans rises to 134% in Q3 2025: report
The average funded ratio of the typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan rose four per cent in the third quarter of 2025 to 134 per…
- By: Staff
- October 23, 2025 October 22, 2025
- 09:00
How potential changes to U.S. reporting requirements could impact Canadian institutional investors
If U.S. securities authorities change the long-established financial reporting requirements for companies, it could bring the due diligence process for public companies closer to private…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- October 21, 2025 October 20, 2025
- 11:00
Solvency ratio of average DB pension fund increases to 105.8% in August: report
The funded status of a typical defined benefit pension plan in Canada increased on both a solvency basis and on an accounting basis in August,…
- By: Staff
- October 14, 2025 October 10, 2025
- 09:00
Adapting to an economy with globalization shifts at the CSSB
Not everyone can say they’ve spent two decades at the same organization, but Candy Wong, portfolio manager of external managers and international strategies at Manitoba’s…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- October 10, 2025 October 7, 2025
- 08:55
Median solvency ratio of Canadian DB plans reaches 129% in Q3 2025: report
The median solvency ratio of Canadian defined benefit pension plans reached 129 per cent at the end of the third quarter 2025, up from 126…
- By: Staff
- October 8, 2025 October 7, 2025
- 15:00
Coverage of the 2025 Alternative Investment Conference
At the end of a busy summer marked by unprecedented pressures from equity volatility and inflation, defined benefit plan sponsors, money managers and other investment…
- By: The Canadian Investment Review
- October 2, 2025 October 1, 2025
- 08:00
2025 Alternative Investment Forum: The advantages of integrating public, private investments
As institutional investors navigate complex markets and demanding governance requirements, Grace Uniacke, director of alternatives solutions at Russell Investments, suggests they move their portfolios from disconnected compartments…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- October 2, 2025 October 7, 2025
- 07:57
2025 Alternative Investment Conference: City of Montreal finding sweet spot with exposure to alternative assets
A desire to diversify a heavy public equities portfolio led Montreal’s municipal pension plan sponsor to look more closely at alternative assets. Before the global…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- October 2, 2025 October 7, 2025
- 07:52
CPPIB CEO encouraged by domestic policies attracting global investment
Canada can attract more institutional capital due to its stable, predictable and transparent market, said John Graham, chief executive officer at the Canada Pension Plan…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- September 30, 2025 September 29, 2025
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Average DB pension plan portfolio returns 0.8% in July: report
A representative defined benefit pension plan portfolio returned 0.8 per cent during the month of July due to a positive result from equities, according to…
- By: Staff
- September 30, 2025 September 26, 2025
- 11:00
BCI engaging companies on climate risks, leveraging investor stewardship: report
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. participated in 2,225 global meeting voting sessions during the 2025 proxy season, according to its new stewardship report. As…
- By: Staff
- September 25, 2025 September 24, 2025
- 11:00
Canadian trusteed pension funds’ assets valued at $2.5 trillion in Q1 2025: report
The market value of assets held by Canadian trusteed pension funds reached $2.5 trillion at the end of the first quarter 2025, representing an 8.7…
- By: Staff
- September 24, 2025 September 24, 2025
- 15:00