Novus Health is partnering with iA Financial Group to provide employers with health and wellness tools for their plan members. “For many Canadians, health literacy remains a…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is providing a $200 million round of financing to Stem Inc. to finance its acquisition of artificial intelligence-driven energy storage projects in…
The iA Financial Group is integrating its group savings and retirement plans into its mobile app. The added functionality aims to allow plan members to track…
Sears Canada Inc. retirees, through Koskie Minsky LLP, filed a motion in court on Friday seeking the retailer’s remaining cash to help fund their pension shortfall. While…
There were almost 4,000 opioid-related deaths in Canada in 2017, according to Health Canada statistics released in June. Meanwhile, in the United States, a new…
As the average income replacement rate for capital accumulation plans continues to trend downwards, can employers mitigate this movement with the Canada Pension Plan’s incoming…
With the growth of investment strategies focusing on socially responsible investing, there are many angles for institutional investors to consider. A new report by Cambridge Associates indicated investors…
Aurora Cannabis Inc. is rolling out a new employee benefits plan that includes coverage of medical marijuana. The plan, which will be administered by Sun…
La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is teaming up with global investment manager AMP Capital Investors Ltd. to provide more than $657 million in…
While the federal government’s proposed amendments to Canada’s patented medicines regulations are aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs, they risk limiting patient access to new, innovative…
Cambridge Associates is adding Jasmine Richards as senior investment director and manager of diversity. The role, based in Boston, will involve leading the firm’s search to identify institutional-quality…
In a meeting in Saint Andrews, N.B., on Friday, provincial and territorial premiers met to discuss ways to improve health care for Canadians, including the…
After several months of negotiations between Nova Scotia’s East Coast Credit Union and Unifor, 44 employees have voted in favour of strike action over the proposed closure…
With an eye toward dismantling the barriers many Canadians face in accessing prescription drugs, the federal government is launching an online consultation process on national pharmacare. The…
Despite the Trump administration’s ongoing trade antics, U.S. markets appear to have calmed their jitters compared to the first quarter of 2018, but there are…
SSQ Life Insurance Co. Inc. is partnering with Allianz Global Benefits to grow its group insurance business across Canada. “This type of collaboration is a first…
The long search for the perfect failsafe provision in employment agreement termination clauses may be over with the Ontario Court of Appeal’s recent decision in…
Two-thirds (63 per cent) of North American employers offer financial education to their staff and a further 19 per cent are considering doing so, according to a…
Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate investment arm of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, in partnership with Texas-based international real estate firm Hines Interests Ltd.…
Climate Action 100+ is ramping up its action on climate change by highlighting a further 61 companies for institutional investors to focus on. The group…
While a national pharmacare program is likely to come with a tax hike, will that cost be balanced out by savings on prescription drugs and private…
Golf Town Ltd. is giving its workforce a little nudge to help get its communications across. Last year, the retailer connected with Nudge Rewards Inc., introducing the technology…
The global economy is expected to grow around 3.2 per cent in 2018, in line with last year, but there will be many challenges throughout the…
RBC Insurance is rolling out a free wellness program for its group benefits plan sponsors with health coverage. The digital program features health risk assessments,…
Hourly workers at Compass Minerals International Inc.’s mine in Goderich, Ont. have voted in favour of a new collective agreement that allows them to maintain…