A new study has found taking medical marijuana can reduce the amount of benzodiazepines a patient takes. Canabo Medical Inc., which owns 15 referral clinics…
The OPSEU Pension Trust has launched People for Pensions, an online campaign encouraging its plan members to become informed about defined benefit pension plans and…
Just 5.7 per cent of Canadians walked to work in 2011, down from 6.3 per cent in 2006, according to Statistics Canada. But even if…
The median solvency ratio of Canadian defined benefit pension plans hit its highest level since before the 2007 financial crisis, according to the latest quarterly…
U.S., and global, pension funds looking at Canadian model for investment practices.
MFS Investment Management has named Joshua Marston director of fixed income for North America. In the new role, Marston will oversee the Toronto and Boston-based…
Mississauga, Ont.-based Smart Employee Benefits Inc. has announced it has acquired Aon Hewitt Inc.’s mid-market health and welfare administration business in Canada. The administration business…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is joining up with mall developer Phoenix Mills Ltd. to develop, own and operate retail properties in India. Read: What should institutional…
The chief investment officer of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is leaving his position today to enter French politics. While the Caisse didn’t…
Large pension plans in the United States are increasingly looking to Canadian pension funds for ideas and best practices in institutional investing, according to a…
Younger Canadians are at risk of shouldering any future deficit in the expanded Canada Pension Plan if it experiences shortfalls in investment returns, according to a…
The Toronto Transit Commission has confirmed that more than 100 employees have either resigned or been dismissed as part of a benefits fraud investigation. In…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing for the third time in Fix Auto World as it expands by acquiring several competitors. The…
Younger workers in the U.S. are feeling less confident about their financial security compared to those from older generations, according to a report by LIMRA.…
Fewer U.S. workers are leaving their jobs, with roughly two-fifths citing improved work-life balance (44 per cent), interesting work (41 per cent) and financial stability…
The average Canadian defined benefit pension plan posted a median return of 3.6 per cent in the first quarter of 2024, according to a new…
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…
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…