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Associate minister reiterates need for ORPP

Associate minister reiterates need for ORPP

The Ontario Retirement Pension Plan is needed because Ontarians' workplace pension plan coverage is low, and they aren't saving enough, according to Associate Minister of…

HOOPP assets jump 17.7%

HOOPP assets jump 17.7%

The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan reported its strongest return in decades, ending 2014 up 17.71%, with net assets topping $60.8 billion and a funded…

Fewer Canadians make RRSP contributions

Fewer Canadians make RRSP contributions

A smaller number of Canadians contributed to their RRSP, finds a BMO survey.

  • By: Staff
  • March 5, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 10:12
AbbVie to pay US$21 billion for Pharmacyclics

AbbVie to pay US$21 billion for Pharmacyclics

AbbVie, which terminated its deal to purchase Shire last year, has agreed to acquire Pharmacyclics for US$21 billion.

  • By: Staff
  • March 5, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 09:40
How are institutional investors using ETFs?

How are institutional investors using ETFs?

What's the outlook for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the institutional space? Favourable.

HOOPP Assets Jump 17.71%

HOOPP Assets Jump 17.71%

Strong funded status means benefit improvements.

Institutions Using ETFs More Strategically

Institutions Using ETFs More Strategically

Coverage of the 2015 ETF Summit

U.K. pension funds should follow Canada’s lead

U.K. pension funds should follow Canada’s lead

To solve the problem of underfunding, U.K.-based public sector pension funds should invest in other asset classes and could learn from those pension funds that…

  • By: Staff
  • March 4, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 15:42
Teachers’ invests in tech

Teachers’ invests in tech

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan led a new round of funding for Garena, Southeast Asia's largest Internet and mobile platform company, which also included several existing…

  • By: Staff
  • March 4, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 14:56
CPPIB and Terra Firma’s AWAS selling aircraft to Macquarie

CPPIB and Terra Firma’s AWAS selling aircraft to Macquarie

AWAS, a Dublin-based aircraft lessor owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Terra Firma, has agreed to sell a portfolio of 90 planes…

  • By: Staff
  • March 4, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 14:54
What DC plan sponsors need to know about the ORPP

What DC plan sponsors need to know about the ORPP

The Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) is an unprecedented new mandatory provincial pension plan that represents the provincial government's "made-in-Ontario" solution for expanding pension coverage…

  • March 4, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 11:07
Caisse to acquire stake in Eurostar

Caisse to acquire stake in Eurostar

A consortium that includes the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has agreed to acquire a 40% shareholding in Eurostar International Ltd. from the…

  • By: Staff
  • March 4, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 10:34
Ottawa needs to clear the path for TBPs: Report

Ottawa needs to clear the path for TBPs: Report

Ottawa needs to change federal tax rules so that they accommodate single-employer target benefit plans, according to a C.D. Howe Institute report.

  • By: Staff
  • March 4, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 09:53

Ontario Teachers’ reinvesting in wealth management advisor, BCI selling Louisiana electric utility

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is co-leading an investment partnership with Integrum Holdings LP and Lightyear Capital LLC in wealth management advisory firm Allworth Financial.…

  • By: Staff
  • May 11, 2026 May 11, 2026
  • 15:00

Expert panel: Canadian institutional investment model needs a re-examination built on purpose

It’s that time of the year when the larger Canadian public pension funds share their 2025 results. Every year, this reporting period leads to comparisons…

Ontario Teachers’ appointing Feifei Wu as senior managing director, investment technology and applied intelligence

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is appointing Feifei Wu as senior managing director of investment technology and applied intelligence, effective immediately. In the role, Wu…

  • By: Staff
  • May 7, 2026 May 6, 2026
  • 11:00

57% of Canadian employees with chronic conditions have missed work, reduced hours: survey

More than half (57 per cent) of Canadian employees with a chronic condition have missed work, reduced hours or taken time off due to their…

  • By: Staff
  • May 11, 2026 May 8, 2026
  • 09:00

Report finds financial stress shaping health claims across all employee age groups

Employers are facing growing pressure on their benefits plans as financial stress shapes how employees access care, use coverage and experience health outcomes across life…

  • By: Staff
  • May 8, 2026 May 8, 2026
  • 15:00

Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week

An article on British Columbia’s updated pension standards, including the introduction of auto-escalation for defined contribution pension plans, was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this past…