About a quarter (28 per cent) of American employers made changes to their employee health-care benefits in 2018, according to a new survey by the…
The Ontario government is moving forward with legislation around variable benefits from defined contribution plans, facilitating mergers into jointly sponsored pension plans and enabling the…
Ontario’s smallest companies will be saving on their employer health tax come Jan. 1, 2019. The province’s 2018 economic outlook and fiscal review, presented by Finance…
A national doctors’ group is raising concerns about the Ontario government’s move to allow employers to require workers to provide a doctor’s note to explain…
Even 10 years after the financial crisis, many Canadian investors still don’t feel secure, according to a new survey by Natixis Investment Managers. More than half (59…
Seventy per cent of all capital committed to private credit is from institutional investors, according to a recent report by the Alternative Credit Council and Dechert LLP.…
Cossette Inc. introduced webinars and information sessions around mental health and wellness in October. The offerings, which were provided through the communications company’s employee assistance…
Increasing exposure to less liquid, alternative assets like infrastructure, real estate and private equity hasn’t created difficulty for Canadian pensions in repaying creditors, according to a…
Green Shield Canada is launching a rating tool that allows plan members to search ratings when looking for a pharmacy. Through the insurer’s app, members can access the rating…
The Financial Services Commission of Ontario has released its guideline for administrative penalties related to violations of the province’s Pension Benefits Act. The change was…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is one of the top 20 asset owners in the world, at US$283.45 billion, making it one of the…
Unionized employees at the Globe and Mail could be on strike by midnight Wednesday over disputes with the newspaper around pensions, benefits and a gender wage…
Global employees spend almost 50 per cent of each day on digital communication, with more than half feeling lonely as a result, according to a…
While 50 per cent of U.S.-based institutional investors currently don’t invest sustainably, 52 per cent said they plan to either maintain or increase their allocations to sustainable…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Brookfield Business Partners is acquiring 100 per cent of Johnson Controls’ power solutions business for about $17.5…
Accompass Inc. has appointed David McDonald as a consultant in its benefits and health practice. With five years in the industry, McDonald was previously a senior analyst in health and…
The Canadian Dental Association read with interest your Oct. 12, 2018, article titled, A look at the drivers for curbing rising dental costs. The CDA…
One young man is on the road to recovering from depression following timely pharmacogentic testing through his employer. Allison Hazell, director of genetics at Medcan,…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is taking a majority stake in Eolia Renovables de Inversiones, a Spanish renewable energy producer, from Oaktree Capital Management and other shareholders.…
The Constitution allows Ottawa and the provinces to set up a national securities regulator, the Supreme Court says in a ruling that could help advance…
Using a Canada-model pension plan, employees would see $5.32 in retirement income for every dollar they contribute compared to the typical $1.70 resulting from an individual approach,…
A partnership focused on second opinions for mental-health issues is yielding positive results. The Co-operators Group Ltd. and WorldCare International Inc. formed the partnership to research medical second…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board saw a net return of 0.6 per cent for the second fiscal quarter of 2019. With a total net…
Virtual health-care platform Dialogue is acquiring DXA Inc., a triage, medical charting and diagnosis technology company. DXA’s artificial intelligence-powered platform, which replicates how an emergency…
While equity markets in North America experienced a difficult October, Japan’s equity markets may prove an attractive alternative given their relatively dampened valuations and companies’ historically…