The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing $250 million in Avison Young Inc. The investment will help speed up the global commercial real estate…
Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group Ltd. is forming Vergent Asset Management, an investment manager that will focus on frontier and emerging markets. Founded by…
Northern Trust Corp. is introducing an alternative fund services business for North America, aimed at addressing the needs of the evolving alternative asset management industry. Peter Sanchez, who…
Tensions between China and the United States are heating up as the Trump administration proposed a 10 per cent tariff on $200 billion worth of…
Mindfulness meditation negatively effects motivation and may be counterproductive in a workplace environment, according to a recent study. The study, by Andrew Hafenbrack, an assistant professor…
Former federal budget watchdog Kevin Page will deliver a blunt message to premiers this week about the costs of a future national pharmacare program: if…
Until recently, Alberta common-law couples that were splitting up couldn’t divide their pension assets, even if both parties wanted to. This changed in April 2018,…
Job seekers and employers in Britain are open to some unorthodox methods when it comes to the recruitment and hiring process, according to new research by…
The National Pension Hub is awarding funding to three research projects, focusing on themes like portfolio construction and plan design. The hub, which the Global…
Some of the world’s major indexes are bringing Saudi Arabia’s public equities into the mix, a move that could alter the landscape for emerging market investments.…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is expanding its partnership with Longfor Group Holdings Ltd. to launch a new investment co-operation focused on rental housing programs in…
Software company Thrive Savings Inc. is launching a financial wellness app for employers to help their employees with their savings goals. The app, which is available on…
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System’s real estate arm is entering into a $1 billion co-investment in a British residential company. Oxford Properties Group, along…
The Canadian Group Insurance Brokers is partnering with Vancouver-based ConnectsUs HR to provide its members with online human resources programs for its members’ clients. Members of the broker-focused group…
As Spotify Inc. publishes its 2018 diversity data report, it’s also acknowledging it still has a lot of work to around diversity and inclusion. “As…
The Bank of Canada is set to announce a decision on the target for its overnight rate on Wednesday. Widely expected to be a 25…
TD Bank Group is acquiring Greystone Capital Management Inc., the parent company of Greystone Managed Investments Inc., for $792 million. The agreement, which is subject to…
Morneau Shepell Inc. is acquiring employee assistance program and wellness provider LifeWorks Corp. Ltd. for about $426 million. “This acquisition is aligned with Morneau Shepell’s global…
Globally, sovereign investors have enjoyed the hefty returns stemming from almost a decade of charging equity markets, but they’re set to make major moves into…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is acquiring a stake in Swiss sports data firm Sportradar. The CPPIB is making the acquisition, from Swiss private equity firm…
Don’t expect most assets to blow the doors off in the later half of the year, according to the latest investment outlook from GLC Asset…
Money is the leading reason Canadian employees would leave their job for another, according to a new survey by OfficeTeam. Its survey, which queried 500 office…
Hub International Ltd. is acquiring two more Canadian companies as it rolls out its strategy for expanding its employee benefits and pension business in Canada. “We…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is acquiring a 27-storey office tower in downtown Edmonton from ICE District Properties. The tower, which opened in 2016, is part…
There’s a significant gap between how much people are actually saving for retirement and how much they think they need to be putting away, according…