Canada needs a national senior healthcare strategy, the absence of which would place a greater burden not only on the elderly but also on their…
While 2013 has been challenging for emerging market debt, the picture should improve in the long term.
Only 18% of working Americans are saving more for retirement now than they were one year ago, according to a new Bankrate.com report.
While real estate investment trusts have become more hesitant at making acquisitions, pension funds and private equity are seizing the opportunity to purchase quality assets.
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and private equity firm Ares Management have reached a deal to buy building products maker CPG International.
SEI has appointed Craig Standen as director of healthcare advisory services for the company’s institutional group.
Global investment management firm AllianceBernstein will acquire W.P. Stewart, an asset management company, according to a definitive agreement the two sides have just reached.
The main solutions to Quebec’s chronically underfunded pension system are raising the retirement age and introducing a risk-sharing pension model like the one used in…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec posted a 4.5% return in the first six months of the year.
Desjardins Insurance's group retirement savings marketing team was honoured with five Insurance and Financial Communicators Association Awards.
Aston Hill Financial Inc. has just completed its acquisition of an 80% interest in the closed-end fund business of Connor, Clark & Lunn Capital Markets…
While North American employers do not expect to fully fund their annual employee bonus programs this year, some will give incentive payouts even to workers…
Nearly all American workers rely on their DC plans for retirement, but many lack the confidence to efficiently manage the savings for their golden years,…
CPP Investments is participating in a €400 million co-investment deal in French logistics firm Proudreed, alongside funds managed by alternative asset investor Blackstone Inc. The…
Canadian institutional investors saw a median return of 0.52 per cent in the first quarter of 2026, according to a new report by CIBC Mellon.…
Canadian defined benefit pension plan sponsors are finding portfolio resiliency in an environment challenged by questions about the technology sector in the U.S., says Katie…
Allowing increased retirement savings pooling and portability can help improve efficiency, as well as pension plan member retention and continuity, according to a policy recommendation…
An article on how employers can support employees with vision loss when they’re required to use technology for work was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com…
The federal government’s recent announcement that it will make the employee ownership trust tax exemption permanent is a major incentive for employers to transition their…