Ontario’s pension benefits guarantee fund has successfully reclaimed some $200 million from monies allocated to pensioners in Nortel Networks Corp. bankruptcy proceedings. The silver lining…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is selling minority interests of its indirect stake in the Brussels Airport to Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund and NSW…
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is naming Annesley Wallace as its new chief pension officer. Wallace has been with the OMERS pension services team…
Strong competition to attract and retain talent will drive employers to adopt holistic employee wellness strategies in 2020, according to the Workforce Institute at Kronos…
Major Canadian insurers are no longer resetting the long-term disability pre-existing condition clause for women whose benefits coverage lapsed during their maternity leave when they return…
MSCI Inc. is launching 15 new fixed income indexes, with factor investing and ESG at their core. This will include two new indexes relating to…
Ron Mock, who recently retired as the president and chief executive officer of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, has been appointed a senior fellow of…
Ron Mock, who recently retired as the president and chief executive officer of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, has been appointed a senior fellow of the…
The Laborers’ International Union of North America’s Central and Eastern Canada Pension Fund and Freed Developments Ltd. are jointly acquiring a mixed-use site in Toronto. Fengate Asset…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is leading a US$155-million round of financing for KRY, a European digital health-care provider. The financing was made through the Teachers’…
A new law expanding retirement plan options for small businesses may encourage more American companies to offer the benefits to their workers. The Setting Every…
Starbucks Canada is giving its more than 23,000 employees a free subscription to meditation app Headspace. In total, more than 200,000 employees across North America are receiving access…
On Friday, a judge in Norwich, U.K. ruled that ethical veganism qualifies as a philosophical belief under Britain’s Equality Act, in a pension-related case filed by ethical…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is among a group of investors providing up to €750 million in financing to Vantage Data Centers.…
CGI Group Inc. is promoting Mental Health Awareness Month for employees through multiple initiatives, including an event to share experiences and a new leadership tool.…
An article on the value that deferred profit-sharing plans can offer to small- and medium-sized employers was the most-read article on Benefits Canada.com this week.…
Amid a challenging private market fundraising landscape, the flow of co-investment deals increased dramatically in 2023, according to a report by alternative investment management and…
Institutional investors are limiting portfolio diversification through overexposure to a selected group of U.S. technology stocks, says Alec Murray, senior vice-president and head of equity…
The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is selling more than US$1 billion worth of private equity funds to Ardian, a France-based independent private equity investment…