The majority of Canadian organizations are continuing to invest in salary increases, with just six per cent reporting a salary freeze for executives and 4.8…
On Aug. 13, after Argentina’s primary elections took a different direction than markets expected, the country’s stocks suffered one of the most dramatic crashes in…
Shopify Inc. is putting out the welcome mat for software developers who’ve taken leave from work with its new training program. The three-month paid program…
More Canadians are using tax-free savings accounts than registered retirement savings accounts, at 57 per cent compared to 52 per cent, according to a new…
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System says it wants to join a lawsuit seeking to change Facebook Inc.’s corporate governance practices. The pension fund said Tuesday it…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan increased its net assets by $10.3 billion in the first half of the year, reaching a total of $201.4 billion…
The federal Conservative Party is promising to make employment insurance maternity and parental benefits tax-free. The party is proposing a 15 per cent tax credit…
The federal government is reforming the tribunal that handles appeals related to employment insurance, Canadian Pension Plan and old-age security payments. Currently, Canadians who disagree…
With Canadians living longer, the country’s pension landscape continuing to evolve and more private sector companies struggling to fund their defined benefit plans, governments across…
While North American employers agree it’s important to provide health benefits to employees, many say their workers don’t know enough about what they offer, according to a…
Canadians looking to replace their working income with benefits from capital accumulations plans and the government are facing a grim reality. Indeed, pre-retirement income replacement from…
A new report looking at four U.S. states that moved new employees from defined benefit to defined contribution or cash balance pension plans found the changes…
Older workers whose reasoning abilities no longer permit them to meet the demands of their jobs are more likely to develop chronic health conditions and retire…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing US$500 million in Laboratorios Sanfer, an independent Mexican pharmaceutical company. The company, which currently maintains…
Winnipeg city administrators are going forward with plans to eliminate police overtime from pensionable income and require that police officers work longer before receiving their pension benefits, according…
Digital benefits platform League Inc. is partnering with the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence to improve the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in…
A company controlled by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has acquired a 10.01 per cent equity stake in the 407 International Inc. The 407 International holds…
When employees at Accenture begin a gender transition, they have access to a comprehensive suite of benefits. In 2011, the global consulting firm became one of the…
The Oxford comma strikes again. In a case that turned on a dispute over number rounding and comma placement, an Ontario court has dismissed a…
A third (30 per cent) of employees said they’ve left a job because it didn’t offer flexible working options, according to a new survey by…
Three managing general agencies in the benefits, pension and investment industries are combining forces. The firms — Financial Horizons Group, headquartered in Kitchener, Ont.; Torce Financial…
Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc. is appointing Brooke Biscoe as a credit analyst on its fixed income team. Biscoe’s career began in 2013 at Standard & Poor’s…
In the wise words of George Bernard Shaw, “the single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” When it comes…
While some pension fund managers swear by hedge funds, others would never sink in a single cent. After the 2008 financial crisis turned some investors…
In 2016, KPMG Canada’s benefits program was facing a perfect storm: the company was starting to see a change in its workforce’s needs; employees didn’t…