Loblaw Companies Ltd. has purchased annuities from Sun Life and BMO Insurance to reduce risk from its inflation-linked defined benefit pension plans. Read: Is it time…
While reforms to the Canada Pension Plan are well underway, the debate on what to do with the Quebec Pension Plan is just getting started…
Canadian pension plans have grown significantly over the past decade, a survey by Willis Towers Watson has found. Total pension assets were US$965 billion in…
The first month of 2017 has proven to be a busy one for the pension, investment, benefits and human resources industries. Below are the 10 most…
Despite the uncertainty surrounding Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, investors seem to be taking a wait-and-see approach to their holdings in the country.…
Though Canada’s retirement income system was ranked eighth among 27 countries by the 2016 Melbourne Mercer Global Index, it also revealed the weaknesses in our…
The medications that cure nearly 90 per cent of hepatitis C patients but come with wallet-busting prices have another downside, a report by the Institute for…
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System will invest US$1 billion to indirectly acquire about 21 per cent of the issued and outstanding shares of Allied…
A ruling by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario at the end of 2016 could make it easier for employees to bring claims for family status discrimination…
While the Association of Canadian Pension Management is in favour of enhancing the Quebec Pension Plan, it’s calling for a targeted solution to the problem…
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board has made its drug formularies publicly available and searchable. “Improving transparency and our service orientation in relation to our…
A task force report published Thursday makes 32 recommendations on how to “modernize” the 8,000-member Toronto Police Service, including a significant overhaul of the organization’s…
The asset-backed commercial paper crisis has finally come to a resolution this month with the restructured paper’s liquidation and many institutional investors, including some large…
More than 95 per cent of U.S. public pension funds employ at least one investment consultant, according to a new survey by Coalition Greenwich. The…
Generation Z and millennials say they’d expect a 10 per cent salary increase, on average, if they were unable to work in a hybrid working…
An article on how employers are enhancing their benefits packages to boost talent attraction and retention was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week.…
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…