The Labourers’ Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada has invested $11 million in NRStor Inc., a private Toronto-based energy storage project developer. In addition…
The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission has ruled a benefits plan must cover a member’s medical marijuana prescription. “Employee benefit plans are not required to cover…
An argument for national pharmacare is the number of older Canadians who either don’t fill prescriptions or skip doses because they’re too expensive, a new study published in…
OPSEU Pension Trust took a step to deepen the discussion institutional investors are having about climate change by releasing its own climate change scorecard this…
Fewer Canadians plan to contribute to registered retirement savings plans this year compared to last year (46 per cent versus 50 per cent), though the…
More than a third (38 per cent) of assets under management in Canada incorporate a responsible investment strategy, up from 31 per cent two years…
Alberta Investment Management Corp. has entered into a strategic financing relationship with Razor Energy Corp., an oil and gas company headquartered in Calgary, Alta. AIMCo…
The benefits industry is welcoming comments from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday that suggested his government doesn’t plan to tax employee health and dental plans. “The…
Canadian workplaces have become psychologically safer over the past seven years, according to two studies commissioned by the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in…
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton went back to the basics of budgeting and planning when it hosted a recent series of financial education sessions for employees. The…
Whether on the rink or in the boardroom, consistency is key to success. “Anyone can get lucky and have a good game,” says Ross Bernstein,…
Head of pensions looks to reduce risk from its inflation-linked DB plans.
Only 37 per cent of millennial and generation Z employees who have access to workplace health benefits feel their plan fully meets their needs., according…
Ontario will do away with sick note requirements for short absences as part of a larger effort to ease the administrative burden on doctors. The…
An Ontario Superior Court ruling that allowed IBM Canada Ltd. to retrospectively rectify drafting errors that created unintended additional pension benefits for employees on disability…
In 2023, diabetes medications remained the leading drug category for eligible private insurance claims for the second consecutive year, according to Telus Health’s annual drug…
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,…