The Ontario government should include surpluses from two of its jointly sponsored pension plans in its financial statements, an expert advisory panel recommended on Monday. “Simply…
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The gross income replacement level of a typical capital accumulation plan grew by one per cent in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to a…
The Ontario Pension Board has completed its largest bond issue to date, a $750-million, 10-year bond offering. More than 66 investors took part in the…
The former head of one of the country’s largest pension funds is being tapped to help build the new federal infrastructure bank. The Liberals are…
Pharmacogenomic testing is coming to a pharmacy near you, following a joint venture between the British Columbia Pharmacy Association and myDNA, a genetic interpretation service…
Aon is selling its human resources administration business and its human resources operating platform to investment firm Blackstone for U.S.$4.3 billion at closing and up…
The Canada Pension Plan fund’s net assets decreased to $298.1 billion in the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2016, compared to $300.5 billion at the end…
Ten Canadian pension funds are among the top 100 global private equity investors, according to a new report by data and intelligence company Preqin. The…
We know there’s a chronic mismatch between long-term investors like pension funds and, well, pretty much anyone else, including investment managers and corporations. And we know…
Northern Trust report says rising bond yields helped plan sponsor funding levels.
Canadian defined benefit pension plans saw a median gain of 5.3 per cent in 2016, according to findings by Northern Trust Co. Canada. “The net…
Some 323,000 Canadians have inadequate retirement income once the costs of long-term health care are factored in, a figure that could grow to about 815,500…
Canadians’ happiness in the workplace increased to 6.8 points out of 10 in April, up slightly from 6.6 in March, according to a new survey by…
Among working generations of Canadians, employees aged 20 to 29 have the lowest general well-being, reporting a score of 46.9 out of 100, according to…
Roughly seven in 10 (73 per cent) Ontario Pension Board plan members believe environmental, social and governance factors should play a critical role in the…
The Workplace Insurance and Safety Employees Trust generated a net return of 7.9 per cent in 2023, with net assets reaching $4 billion, up from…
Renowned American businessman and investor Charlie Munger once said, “You have to keep learning if you want to become a great investor. When the world…
The funded ratio of the average Canadian defined benefit pension plan, excluding the effect of asset smoothing, reached 124 per cent as at March 31,…