The OPSEU Pension Trust is partnering with James Evans & Associates Ltd. to launch an online services portal for its members. The OPTrust selected the Canadian…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is partnering with private equity firm Australis Partners and the International Finance Corp., a part of the…
Almost a third of General Motors Inc. investors with nearly $2 trillion in total assets under management voted in favour of a shareholder resolution last…
Plan sponsors and members are increasingly interested in making non-core benefits like pharmacogenetic testing and medical cannabis part of their plans, according to the 2019…
Encon Group Inc. is bundling a virtual doctor consultation service into its group health-care product. The insurance provider is collaborating with digital health startup Maple…
Employee benefits offerings from the Great-West Life Assurance Co. are now available on PaymentEvolution, a health and dental plan quoting service for small- and medium-sized…
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board reported a net return of 7.1 per cent at the end of its last fiscal year, ending March 31,…
Money matters are top of mind among North American employees, according to new research by Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. The research found workers in Canada and the…
While just half (49 per cent) of plan members said changes were made to their benefits plan in the past two years, 72 per cent of…
While taking an active approach to investment management is paying off for the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board’s actively…
Hub International Ltd. is acquiring Porchlight Financial. Located in Vancouver, Porchlight Financial has been offering group retirement plan consulting for 25 years. It specializes in plan member advisory services, financial wellness…
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp., together with private equity firm Preservation Capital Partners, is investing in BMS Group Ltd., the U.K.-based brokerage arm of Minova Insurance…
The Ontario government is combining two agencies to create one pension and financial services regulator aside from securities. As of June 8, the Financial Services…
Citigroup Inc.’s employees in Toronto spent Tuesday planting trees and shrubs at a local conservation area for the bank’s global community day. During Citi’s annual…
Phzio Canada has signed an agreement with Benefits by Design Inc. and Green Shield Canada to launch a virtual physiotherapy pilot project. The partnership will…
Health benefits and paid time off are among the top job perks Canadians are looking for when searching online for a new job, according to a new report by data…
The market value of Canadian trusteed pension fund assets decreased by 1.3 per cent in Q4 2018 compared to the previous quarter, landing at $1.87…
On May 22, the 2019 Calgary Benefits Summit focused on how employers can make their organization its healthiest by starting with their benefits plans. Here’s…
What can a small Alberta town of 70,000 people do when the provincial government’s response to, “We need a hospital,” is that they can possibly…
In the last decade, the landscape of obesity has completely changed how the disease is understood, affecting the way it can be treated, said Dr. Shahebina…
If the Canadian government wants to tackle drug coverage, it should focus on the areas where Canadians are facing genuine gaps, according to Joe Farago, executive…
Canada continues to have one of the highest rates of irritable bowel disorder in the world, according to Mina Mawani, president and chief executive officer of…
Sun Life Financial is making changes to its global finance leadership team and its investment management team. Marlene Van den Hoogen is the new senior vice-president and…
Getting a sense of what industry peers are doing and what they think of the plan’s work was an important reason why the College of Applied…
The majority of small U.S. employers currently offer at least one health benefit to their employees, according to a new report by business research organization LIMRA.…