Former CFL players missing pensions: Report
The Canadian Football League Players’ Association pension plan is looking for hundreds of missing members.
- By: Staff
- December 29, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 11:01
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Best of benefits in 2014
Plan sponsors continue to face numerous issues, and, as another year comes to an end, we take a look back at some of the best…
- By: Staff
- December 29, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:38
Teachers' increases stake in airport
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has purchased an additional stake in Birmingham Airport from Victorian Funds Management Corp. for an undisclosed amount.
- By: Staff
- December 29, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:34
Pension holiday wish list
As policy-makers across the country implement pension reform and address priorities, we wanted to highlight a few of the recent reforms impacting private sector registered…
- By: Jana Steele and Ian McSweeney
- December 24, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:12
U.S. economy expected to grow faster than Canada’s
Canada's economy is expected to grow by 2% in 2015, lagging behind the United States' expected growth rate of 3%.
- By: Staff
- December 24, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 09:54
Manulife expands U.S. retirement plan services business
Manulife Financial's U.S. division and New York Life have entered into an agreement under which John Hancock will acquire New York Life's retirement plan services…
- By: Staff
- December 23, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 14:53
Caisse ups stake in NAPEC
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has bought more than 2.3 million shares of NAPEC for $0.86 a share.
- By: Staff
- December 23, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 14:04
U.S. ETF assets top US$2 trillion
This year's been very good for the exchange-traded fund/exchange-traded product industry in the United States.
- By: Staff
- December 23, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 14:00
Teachers’, PSP invest in renewable energy
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) have announced an agreement with Banco Santander to jointly acquire a portfolio…
- By: Staff
- December 23, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:43
De-risking DC plans
Discussions about pension plan de-risking tend to focus on minimizing—or at least managing—financial risk for DB pension plan sponsors. Across the spectrum of pension risk…
- By: Nigel Branker and Idan Shlesinger
- December 23, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 10:21
Happy 25th anniversary, Avantages!
In August 1989 I began work as editor of Benefits Canada. It was then that publisher John Milne informed me that Benefits Canada had a…
- By: Paul Williams
- December 23, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 09:31
Pension risk transfer market heats up
There's a growing interest by U.S. plan sponsors in executing pension risk transfer deals.
- By: Staff
- December 23, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 09:29
Most workers looking for new career opportunities
A Right Management poll finds 86% of North American employees plan to pursue new career opportunities in 2015.
- By: Staff
- December 23, 2014 September 13, 2019
- 09:23
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…
- By: Eduard van Gelderen
- May 7, 2026 May 7, 2026
- 11:00
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
Canadian DB pension plans return 0.4% in Q1 2026 amid geopolitical tensions: report
The typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan posted a median return of 0.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2026, according to a new…
- By: Staff
- May 6, 2026 May 5, 2026
- 15:00
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…
- By: Benefits Canada
- May 8, 2026 May 7, 2026
- 09:00
Survey finds average pay increases for Canadian employees reach 3.3%, driven by performance
The mean merit pay increase delivered to Canadian employees in March 2026 was three per cent, with average total increases (measuring all types of pay increases,…
- By: Staff
- May 8, 2026 May 7, 2026
- 09:00