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New contracts for casino workers include pension improvements

New contracts for casino workers include pension improvements

Unifor members employed by three Ontario casinos have voted to ratify new three-year contracts that include improvements to their pension plans. Unifor members from Local 1090…

  • By: Staff
  • July 27, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 15:00
CPPIB and partner acquire Utica shale oil and gas assets

CPPIB and partner acquire Utica shale oil and gas assets

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Encino Energy are acquiring Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s Utica shale oil and gas assets in Ohio for $2.6 billion. Through the jointly-formed Encino…

  • By: Staff
  • July 27, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 10:13
Watch equity markets closely as trade tension continues: experts

Watch equity markets closely as trade tension continues: experts

With the Trump administration continuing to take aim at its major trading partners, institutional money managers are warning investors to anticipate more volatility in equity markets. “A…

Few U.S. pension plans integrating ESG into investment manager selections: survey

Few U.S. pension plans integrating ESG into investment manager selections: survey

Very few American pension funds are incorporating environmental, social and governance issues, according to a new survey by NEPC Investment Consultants. Just 12 per cent of…

  • By: Staff
  • July 26, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 17:00
Unclaimed balance regimes offer solution to missing pension members: PIAC

Unclaimed balance regimes offer solution to missing pension members: PIAC

The real solution for missing pension plan members is the establishment of a regime that allows plan sponsors to turn over unclaimed balances to a public…

  • By: Staff
  • July 26, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 16:00
Government looks to AI to speed up CPP disability benefits

Government looks to AI to speed up CPP disability benefits

Federal officials overseeing billions in benefit payments to millions of Canadians are hoping artificial intelligence can resolve ongoing snags in the system. The government is…

Delta Air Lines workers maintain DB pension in new contract

Delta Air Lines workers maintain DB pension in new contract

Delta Air Lines Inc. employees in Canada, represented by the United Steelworkers union, have ratified a new five-year contract, which includes maintaining their defined benefit plan…

  • By: Staff
  • July 26, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 09:30
80% of Siemens Canada employees become company shareholders

80% of Siemens Canada employees become company shareholders

More than 80 per cent of eligible Siemens Canada employees are now shareholders in the company. The global industrial manufacturing firm recently distributed a total…

  • By: Staff
  • July 26, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 09:00
Majority of Ontario small employers want CPP hike scrapped, delayed: survey

Majority of Ontario small employers want CPP hike scrapped, delayed: survey

The majority of small business owners in Ontario want the government to scrap or delay the Canada Pension Plan enhancements, according to a new survey by…

  • By: Staff
  • July 25, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 16:00
Government launches consultation on workplace harassment, violence bill

Government launches consultation on workplace harassment, violence bill

With a bill before parliament aiming to amend the Canada Labour Code as it pertains to harassment and violence in federally regulated workplaces, the government is…

  • By: Staff
  • July 25, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 09:00
Green Shield Canada appoints Zahid Salman as president, CEO

Green Shield Canada appoints Zahid Salman as president, CEO

Green Shield Canada has appointed Zahid Salman as its new president and chief executive officer. In the new role, which is effective Sept. 4, 2018,…

  • By: Staff
  • July 24, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 17:45
Novus Health partners with iA Financial Group to provide health, wellness tools

Novus Health partners with iA Financial Group to provide health, wellness tools

Novus Health is partnering with iA Financial Group to provide employers with health and wellness tools for their plan members. “For many Canadians, health literacy remains a…

  • By: Staff
  • July 24, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 16:15
Ontario Teachers’ adding financing to energy storage company

Ontario Teachers’ adding financing to energy storage company

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is providing a $200 million round of financing to Stem Inc. to finance its acquisition of artificial intelligence-driven energy storage projects in…

  • By: Staff
  • July 24, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 15:30

55% of Canadian workers say employer-sponsored health benefits don’t meet their needs: survey

More than half (55 per cent) of Canadian employees say their employer-sponsored health benefits don’t fully meet their needs and two-fifths (42 per cent) say…

  • By: Staff
  • May 2, 2024 May 2, 2024
  • 15:00

Report finds critical lack of workplace support for menopausal employees

While menopause impacts more than half of the workforce, there’s a critical lack of support in the workplace for women employees experiencing health issues related…

  • By: Staff
  • May 2, 2024 May 1, 2024
  • 09:00

CPPIB sells 2.78% stake in India logistics firm

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is selling 2.78 per cent of its stake in India-based supply chain and logistics operator Delhivery Ltd. The total…

  • By: Staff
  • May 1, 2024 May 1, 2024
  • 15:00

Funded ratio of 100 largest U.S. corporate DB pension plans declines to 98.4% in fiscal 2023: report

The funded ratio of U.S. corporate defined benefit pension plans declined to 98.5 per cent in fiscal 2023 from 99.4 per cent in 2022, according…

  • By: Staff
  • May 1, 2024 April 30, 2024
  • 09:00

Expert panel: Have hedge funds budged on hurdle rates?

Even though it has been two years since the U.S. Federal Reserve started rapidly hiking interest rates, hedge fund managers aren’t more likely to have…

Public meeting in Edmonton attracts hundreds amid talk of province’s CPP withdrawal

Hundreds of Albertans turned out for a meeting in Edmonton last week to hear officials from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board discuss the state…

  • By: Staff
  • April 30, 2024 April 29, 2024
  • 09:00