The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s real estate arm is acquiring two parcels of land in Ontario, California. Ivanhoé Cambridge intends to develop…
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System’s infrastructure arm is taking on a 50 per cent stake in the BridgeTex Pipeline Co. for $1.438 billion. With the purchase, OMERS…
Canadian employers are offering additional benefits, flexible working opportunities and broadening their view of talent pools to fill job openings, according to a new survey…
SEI Investments Canada Co. has appointed Lucy Paglione as senior client portfolio manager. In the new role, Paglione will be responsible for managing relationships with the firm’s Canadian…
Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. is adding a suite of target-date funds to its offerings in Canada. Franklin LifeSmart is expanding to four new funds, covering new increments 2025,…
The vast majority (87 per cent) of physicians said the knowledge that a patient has private drug coverage affects their prescribing behaviour, according to a survey by…
Air Canada is seeking finance ministry approval to form its own life insurance company as a gateway to the annuities market and a hedge against…
The Pension Investment Association of Canada has submitted its comments on the federal government’s unclaimed pension balances framework, noting the solution to the problem is the…
Private credit is a bit of a buzzword these days, according to Christian Stracke, managing director and global head of credit research at PIMCO. Despite…
A new collective agreement for 6,500 health-care employees in Nova Scotia includes a new employee retention incentive and the option to take a payout from…
One-third of Canadian employers feel prepared for the impending legalization of cannabis, according to a new survey by Mercer Canada. The survey, which polled 366 Canadian…
Between 2012 and 2016, Canada’s total private drug claims market increased by a 4.7 per cent compound annual growth rate, according to new research by Innovative Medicines…
BMO Capital Markets, alongside the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, has launched a pilot fixed income issuance transaction, mirrored on a blockchain platform. In the transaction,…
More than two-thirds (69 per cent) of Canadians would use virtual visits for at least a few of their appointments with physicians, according to a…
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board, alongside Pattern Energy Group Inc., is completing the acquisition of a wind power facility about 50 kilometres south of Quebec…
Improving the mental health of employees ranks ahead of physical health and wellness as a top priority for human resources leaders for 2019, according to a…
Mercer is acquiring the investment consulting, alternatives consulting and wealth management operations of Pavilion Financial Corp. Pavilion, a global investment services firm with about 300…
Conduent Inc. has completed the sale of its human resources consulting business to a fund managed by private equity investment firm H.I.G. Capital. The business,…
Nearly two-thirds (61 per cent) of older workers in the United States said they’ve experienced age discrimination in the workplace, according to a survey by the…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has appointed Alexandre Synnett as its new executive vice-president of digital technology and operations. With eight years of experience…
RBC Global Asset Management Inc. has appointed Michael Kitt as head of real estate equity investments at RBC Global Asset Management. Kitt will be leading efforts in…
When HSBC Bank Canada donated $500,000 to four children’s hospitals across the country last month, it was up to employees to decide on the recipients…
Digital human resources company Rise People Inc. is partnering with Cowan Insurance Group to launch an integrated product that includes human resources, payroll and insurance…
Three large Canadian pension funds are conglomerating their long-term investments in timber. The Alberta Investment Management Corp., the British Columbia Investment Management Corp. and the…
Aurora Cannabis Inc. has promoted Debra Wilson to chief human resources officer, effective immediately. Since joining the company in June 2017, Wilson was previously Aurora…