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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
When the coronavirus pushed equity markets off a cliff, Canadian defined benefit pension plans had to mobilize to address a number of concerns. The Canadian…
Just half of Canadian employers said they’ve adopted a formal policy to clearly communicate their approach to disability benefits in the event of a conflict,…
The City of Toronto has launched a social debenture framework to fund investments in affordable housing, transit and other basic infrastructure, access to essential services…
Canadian lawyers and law firm staff now have access to the College of Applied Arts and Technology’s DBplus pension plan through an affinity arrangement between the…
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is touting its 2019 environmental, social and governance successes in its annual ESG report. Some highlights from the year…
Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, is helping small and medium-sized tenants in its Canadian shopping…
Toronto drivers for Uber Technologies Inc.’s premium Black service are fighting to bring themselves one stop closer to unionization and being recognized as employees of the popular…
Canadian employment numbers rose by 290,000 in May, or a 1.8 per cent increase on the previous month, as provinces started to reopen their economies,…
The Local Authorities Pension Plan is reporting a $3.4-billion loss in an “exceedingly difficult” first quarter, reducing the size of the fund by 6.5 per cent. The…
While some defined contribution pension plan members may push their retirement plans back because of market turmoil caused by the coronavirus, others won’t be willing…
The Investment Management Corp. of Ontario is adding €250 million to its previous investments in euNetworks Group Ltd., a European bandwidth infrastructure company. The cash injection is…
Green Shield Canada is partnering with ManagingLife Inc. to offer the software developer’s Manage My Pain app at no cost to benefits plan members for…
The federal government and several provinces are signing a new agreement regarding administration and regulation of multi-jurisdictional pension plans. The provincial governments of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario,…
With many Canadians dealing with financial stress, employers are uniquely positioned to help, but their financial wellness programs must go beyond just literacy. “[Everyone] has heard the term…
If employee productivity increases by two per cent per year for the next decade, Canadians could enjoy a four-day workweek without giving up income or…
Hub International Ltd. is acquiring Usefulideas, an employee benefits and group retirement consultancy based in Toronto. Joanne Rose, the organization’s principal and senior benefits consultant,…