With Canadians living longer, the country’s pension landscape continuing to evolve and more private sector companies struggling to fund their defined benefit plans, governments across…
While North American employers agree it’s important to provide health benefits to employees, many say their workers don’t know enough about what they offer, according to a…
Canadians looking to replace their working income with benefits from capital accumulations plans and the government are facing a grim reality. Indeed, pre-retirement income replacement from…
A new report looking at four U.S. states that moved new employees from defined benefit to defined contribution or cash balance pension plans found the changes…
Older workers whose reasoning abilities no longer permit them to meet the demands of their jobs are more likely to develop chronic health conditions and retire…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing US$500 million in Laboratorios Sanfer, an independent Mexican pharmaceutical company. The company, which currently maintains…
Winnipeg city administrators are going forward with plans to eliminate police overtime from pensionable income and require that police officers work longer before receiving their pension benefits, according…
Digital benefits platform League Inc. is partnering with the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence to improve the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning in…
A company controlled by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has acquired a 10.01 per cent equity stake in the 407 International Inc. The 407 International holds…
When employees at Accenture begin a gender transition, they have access to a comprehensive suite of benefits. In 2011, the global consulting firm became one of the…
The Oxford comma strikes again. In a case that turned on a dispute over number rounding and comma placement, an Ontario court has dismissed a…
A third (30 per cent) of employees said they’ve left a job because it didn’t offer flexible working options, according to a new survey by…
Three managing general agencies in the benefits, pension and investment industries are combining forces. The firms — Financial Horizons Group, headquartered in Kitchener, Ont.; Torce Financial…
While more than two-thirds (69 per cent) of private sector workers in the U.S. have access to an employer-sponsored retirement savings plan, just half (52…
Hair — including eyelashes, eyebrows and body hair — protects the body from environmental factors such as temperature and also helps with how humans feel…
More than 95 per cent of U.S. public pension funds employ at least one investment consultant, according to a new survey by Coalition Greenwich. The…
Roughly seven in 10 (73 per cent) Ontario Pension Board plan members believe environmental, social and governance factors should play a critical role in the…
The Workplace Insurance and Safety Employees Trust generated a net return of 7.9 per cent in 2023, with net assets reaching $4 billion, up from…
Renowned American businessman and investor Charlie Munger once said, “You have to keep learning if you want to become a great investor. When the world…