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OPTrust launches online pension portal for members

OPTrust launches online pension portal for members

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…

  • By: Staff
  • June 12, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15
Caisse acquires stake in Colombian financial firms, sheds some CGI shares

Caisse acquires stake in Colombian financial firms, sheds some CGI shares

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…

  • By: Staff
  • June 12, 2019 November 11, 2020
  • 15:00
Investors call on General Motors for transparency on lobbying

Investors call on General Motors for transparency on lobbying

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, members interested in cannabis, pharmacogenetics: survey

Plan sponsors, members interested in cannabis, pharmacogenetics: survey

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 adding virtual care to group benefits plan

Encon Group adding virtual care to group benefits plan

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…

  • By: Staff
  • June 12, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 08:45
Great-West Life partners with PaymentEvolution on employee benefits quoting service

Great-West Life partners with PaymentEvolution on employee benefits quoting service

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…

  • By: Staff
  • June 11, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 15:30
PSP posts 7.1% return for fiscal 2019

PSP posts 7.1% return for fiscal 2019

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,…

  • By: Staff
  • June 11, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15
Only 30% of employees satisfied with pay transparency: survey

Only 30% of employees satisfied with pay transparency: survey

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…

  • By: Staff
  • June 11, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 15:00
Gaps persist in plan sponsor, member views on benefits: Sanofi

Gaps persist in plan sponsor, member views on benefits: Sanofi

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…

Active management paying off at CPPIB, not as much at PSP

Active management paying off at CPPIB, not as much at PSP

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 acquires B.C.-based Porchlight Financial

Hub acquires B.C.-based Porchlight Financial

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…

  • By: Staff
  • June 11, 2019 November 12, 2020
  • 08:30
BCI invests in U.K. insurance broker

BCI invests in U.K. insurance broker

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…

  • By: Staff
  • June 10, 2019 November 11, 2020
  • 09:48
Ontario launches new pension, financial services regulator

Ontario launches new pension, financial services regulator

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…

  • By: Staff
  • June 10, 2019 November 30, 2020
  • 09:24

Citigroup staff plant trees, work at food banks for annual volunteering day

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, Benefits by Design and Green Shield Canada partner for virtual physio pilot

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…

  • By: Staff
  • June 7, 2019 November 30, 2020
  • 08:55

Which work-related terms are dominating Canadians’ online job searches?

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…

  • By: Staff
  • June 7, 2019 November 30, 2020
  • 08:50
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Market value of trusteed pension assets declined in Q4 2018: StatsCan

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…

  • By: Staff
  • June 7, 2019 January 9, 2021
  • 08:30
Conference coverage: 2019 Calgary Benefits Summit

Conference coverage: 2019 Calgary Benefits Summit

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…

How a Blue Zone concept can benefit the workplace

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…

Employers must consider ‘every dimension’ in tackling obesity, weight management

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…

Brand discount cards increase costs to private insurers by 46%: study

The potential effects of public drug plan changes on new therapies in Canada

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…

Workplace accommodations for employees living with Crohn’s and colitis

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…

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Sun Life making finance leadership changes

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…

  • By: Staff
  • June 6, 2019 January 9, 2021
  • 09:15
Peer recognition big part of entering Workplace Benefits Awards, says 2018 winner

Peer recognition big part of entering Workplace Benefits Awards, says 2018 winner

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…

Prevalence of U.S. workplace benefits plans on the rise: survey

Prevalence of U.S. workplace benefits plans on the rise: survey

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.…

  • By: Staff
  • June 5, 2019 September 19, 2019
  • 15:00