DB plan sponsors in Alberta (and soon British Columbia) should carefully consider taking advantage of recent and forthcoming) legislation in those provinces permitting them to…
Job-hopping may be losing its bad reputation, at least among the youngest generation of Canadian professionals, an Accountemps survey suggests.
International trade is expected to be the key driver of Canadian economic growth in 2015, as exports continue to receive a boost from a weak…
Sun Life Financial's primary life insurance subsidiary, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, has signed on to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment.
Kenneth Cooke has joined Avalon Actuarial, a division of Willis Canada, as senior vice-president of its human capital practice.
The B.C. Lottery Corp. is under fire for its early-retirement program that cost the province $25 million.
One-third of employed women and one-quarter of employed men ages 25 to 54 were covered by a DB plan in 2012, says Statistics Canada.
OMERS Private Equity has entered into an agreement to sell Canadian healthcare IT firm Logibec to U.S. private equity firm GI Partners for an undisclosed…
Earlier this summer, Fidelity Investments settled two lawsuits brought by employees over the company’s own 401(k) plan. The suits alleged the firm offered employees its…
The Government of Ontario has released a consultation paper on the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan.
New Brunswick plans to eliminate private sector obligations related to the Prescription and Catastrophic Drug Insurance Act, says a Towers Watson Client Advisory.
Shire is reportedly looking at buying U.S.-based NPS Pharmaceuticals.
NCR has purchased a single premium group annuity contract from The Principal to transfer about US$160 million ($185.8 million) of pension liabilities.
Two of Canada’s largest pension funds are named in a US$4.6 billion class action by the employees of a New Zealand-based software company. About 200…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is reporting a total fund net investment return of 7.5 per cent for 2025, underperforming its benchmark return by 2.7…
Major Canadian banks and pension funds provided tens of billions of dollars to American contractors for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, an investigation…
In its 2026 budget, the Quebec government said it intends to enhance the appeal of voluntary retirement savings plans amid low uptake of the savings…
More than half (56 per cent) of plan members say email is the most effective way to communicate with them about their savings plans, according…
In its sophomore year under the Employee Savings Survey banner, Benefits Canada’s annual check in with plan members about their financial priorities and the condition of…