As the federal government’s plan to legalize recreational marijuana next year moves ahead, there are still many challenges, including how pricing and taxation of the drug…
Even as Canadian equities lag, pension funds gain.
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has announced a deal to acquire a minority stake in Italy-based cosmetics manufacturer Intercos. “I’m very pleased to be partnering…
Canadian defined benefit pension plans returned 1.4 per cent in the second quarter, according to RBC Investor & Treasury Services. The organization, which tracks plans…
The stunning rise of a cryptocurrency.
Employers in the United States are increasingly requiring employees with same-sex partners to legally marry in order for their partner to receive health-care benefits, according…
The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board Europe and Allianz Capital Partners have signed an agreement to acquire a 20 per cent minority equity interest in Gas Natural…
The federal government’s difficulties with its problem-plagued Phoenix pay system are now affecting pension plan members who won’t be receiving their pension and insurance benefits statements this year…
This summer, Benefits Canada is launching a new podcast, Human Resourcefulness, that looks at problems presented in fictional workplaces and asks experts how they’d advise those companies…
Ontario is joining Alberta and New Brunswick in making abortion pill Mifegymiso available at no cost to the public. The abortion pill first became available in…
Royal Bank of Canada, the Toronto Transit Commission and Telus Communications are among Canada’s 25 best places to work, according to a new ranking published…
Workers about to lose their jobs at Northstar Aerospace’s operations in Milton, Ont., are now facing the prospect of a 25 per cent cut to their…
While Great-West Lifeco Inc. is reporting a decline in earnings for the second quarter of 2017, the company saw improvements on an adjusted basis as…
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…
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…
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…
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…