Employees more aware of workplace presenteeism than employers
Canadian workers are more likely to see presenteeism as a serious issue than employers, finds a Morneau Shepell survey.
- By: Staff
- June 11, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 10:18
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Canada Pension Plan’s Big Deal
CPPIB to buy GE unit for $12 billion
- By: Staff
- June 10, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 15:11
Public sector workers live longer
Public sector workers—especially women—live longer than their private sector counterparts, finds a study by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
- By: Staff
- June 10, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 12:38
What’s the value of an EFAP?
Canadian employers face difficulty evaluating the impact of employee and family assistance programs (EFAPs) and many are unsure of how they advance their overall organizational…
- By: Staff
- June 10, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 12:00
Employers improving DC plan participation rates
The main challenges of retirement savings—plan participation, contribution rates, and portfolio diversification—are being met head-on by sponsors through their plan and investment menu design decisions,…
- By: Staff
- June 10, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 11:40
Caisse increases investment in engineering firm
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has made an additional equity investment of €100 million ($139 million) in SPIE, a European engineering firm,…
- By: Staff
- June 10, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 11:13
New addition at Teachers’
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has appointed Neil Bisset as senior vice-president and chief information officer.
- By: Staff
- June 10, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 10:45
Canada launches national financial literacy strategy
Minister of State (Finance) Kevin Sorenson and financial literacy leader Jane Rooney today launched the National Strategy for Financial Literacy.
- By: Staff
- June 9, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 11:28
Medicine’s future is personalized
The future of medicine will be data-driven and focused on creating personalized medicine for each patient based on their individual molecular profile, according to a…
- By: Staff
- June 9, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 11:01
Liberals want pension funds to invest in infrastructure
The federal Liberals have revealed more details about how they would boost infrastructure investment if elected—a proposal that would seek to entice large private pension…
- By: Canadian Press
- June 9, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 10:40
Retirees may be reluctant to sell homes
Many pre-retirees fear running out of money long before they turn 80.
- By: Staff
- June 9, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 10:14
CPPIB to buy GE unit for US$12 billion
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) says it has a $12-billion deal to acquire the Antares Capital lending operation from the financial arm of General…
- By: Canadian Press
- June 9, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 09:27
People Watch: On the move in May
Here's a look at the people on the move in May 2015.
- By: Staff
- June 8, 2015 September 13, 2019
- 16:02
Fondaction appointing Stéphan Morency as president, CEO
Fondaction and the Bâtirente and Fondaction Combination is appointing as Stéphan Morency as president and chief executive officer, effective April 13, 2026. He was previously…
- By: Staff
- April 8, 2026 April 6, 2026
- 15:00
Sun Life acquiring two specialized alternative investment managers
Sun Life Financial Inc. is acquiring the remaining interests in global real estate investment management advisor BGO and global alternative credit investment manager Crescent Capital…
- By: Staff
- April 7, 2026 April 6, 2026
- 11:00
Ontario judges’ group sues pension plan sponsor to prevent investments in derivatives
Ontario’s provincially appointed judges are taking their own pension plan to court to prevent the fund from investing in derivatives. In a notice of application…
- By: Michael McKiernan
- April 7, 2026 April 2, 2026
- 11:00
Employers that invest in mental-health care reporting reduced claims, absenteeism: report
For every dollar invested in integrated mental-health coverage and care, $1.50 is returned through lower mental-health claims by year two, even before accounting for the…
- By: Staff
- April 8, 2026 April 8, 2026
- 15:00
Report finds solvency ratio of typical DB pension plan decreased to 100.7% in February
The funded status of a typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan decreased on a solvency basis but increased on an accounting basis in the month…
- By: Staff
- April 7, 2026 April 6, 2026
- 11:00
Only 22% of global employees agree their job is secure: survey
Just a fifth (22 per cent) of global employees strongly agree their job is safe from elimination, according to a new survey by ADP Inc.…
- By: Staff
- April 7, 2026 April 6, 2026
- 09:00