The Alberta Investment Management Corp. has appointed Richard Bird as chair of the board of directors, effective Oct. 21, 2017. Bird succeeds Mac Van Wielingen, who…
The enhancements to the Canada Pension Plan are problematic and incomplete and won’t do much to improve the retirement income prospects of low-income employees, according…
Organizational redesign is everywhere, but human resources departments aren’t ready to handle it, a new study from Mercer has found. While 93 per cent of…
Almost all hedge fund strategies generated positive returns in May, making it the seventh month in a row that the alternative asset has produced a…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing in the cloud-computing industry by helping Montreal-based eStruxture Data Centers Inc. create a Canada-wide platform. The…
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board earned a 12.8 per cent net return in its 2017 fiscal year, bringing its net assets under management to $135.6 billion.…
The federal government has introduced a new program aimed at simplifying employers’ recruitment processes for high-skilled temporary workers from abroad. The Global Talent Stream program, which is part of…
The chief executive officer of the Halifax Regional Municipality Pension Plan is retiring, effective October 2017. Terri Troy has led the plan since 2006, and through…
Social media company Pinterest is introducing new benefits to support employees with the financial costs of adoption and surrogacy. As of July 1, the company…
Fidelity’s Alex Duffy on opportunities in emerging markets.
In its response to the Ministry of Labour’s Changing Workplace Review, Ontario announced it will prohibit employers from demanding doctors’ notes for the first 10…
Canadian employees are becoming more confident in their ability to juggle work and home responsibilities, a new survey from Robert Half Management Resources has found.…
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has appointed Beth Tyndall as chief people officer. Tyndall joins Ontario Teachers’ after more than a decade at Deloitte, where…
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…