The new five-week parental sharing benefit announced in the 2018 federal budget is causing some concern among employers. Commenting on Benefits Canada’s website, Asha Mohammed, director of human…
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is investing $20 million in Burnaby, B.C.-based quantum computing systems and software company D-Wave Systems Inc. In April 2017, D-Wave received a…
Carleton University employees are beginning job action Monday morning in defence of their defined benefit pension plan. The Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents some…
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP has named four new partners, including Anna Zalewski in its pension and benefits group. Zalewski joined the law firm in October 2011 after a…
Ernst & Young has introduced an online retirement modelling tool to help employees prepare for life after work. Since its launch at the end of January,…
Global insurance brokerage Hub International Ltd. has acquired the shares of GMS Insurance (SWO) Inc., a Kitchener, Ont.-based benefits consulting firm. Providing services to the…
As the workplace undergoes rapid transformation amid automation and technological advancements, plan sponsors will need to re-imagine the crossroads between new technology and employee benefits. The…
While 84 per cent of employers with capital accumulation plans didn’t intend to make any changes in 2017, many anticipated increasing their provision of financial advice services after…
The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan’s funded status has grown to 118 per cent, up from 113 per cent last year. According to…
Organizations that involve organizational leadership in their wellness programs and offer stress management within the program are more likely to notice a positive effect on health-care costs and…
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The federal budget has proposed the end of health and welfare trusts, suggesting either a conversion to employee life and health trusts or a windup by the…
The Alternative Investment Management Association has appointed Claire Van Wyk-Allan as its new head of Canada. “I am excited to be joining AIMA in Canada,”…
The federal government has begun imposing financial sanctions on the Canada Life Assurance Co. after months of outcry from public servants, retirees and their families who…
Environmental, social and governance standards have helped investors generate positive annualized returns, with environmental investments leading the pack globally, according to a new study from…
A story on how private payers are implementing preferred pharmacy networks to reduce benefits plan costs was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this week. Here…
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…
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…
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…