Three Quebec unions are calling it “unacceptable” that the proposed reforms for the Quebec Pension Plan are not in line with the rest of Canada’s…
Pensioners and members of the Northern Transportation Co. Ltd.’s pension plan reached a settlement with the company on Friday that will see all special payments,…
The sentiment for investing in emerging markets in Asia has jumped significantly over the past year, from 19 in 2015 to 34 in 2016, according…
Beware the time-off tax: Canadian employees taking a week of vacation put in 21 hours of extra work to prepare and then get caught up, a…
Brookfield Asset Management has launched a wholly-owned subsidiary called Brookfield Annuity Co., the first company in Canada to specialize in providing group annuity solutions for…
Twenty-two per cent of U.S. employees plan to buy holiday presents for their coworkers and 21 per cent will do so for their bosses, according…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has invested $40 million in Montreal-based Hopper, a mobile app that analyzes and predicts airfare. The investment is…
Mercer Canada has appointed Alex Boucher as total health management leader for Canada. Based in the organization’s Halifax officer, Boucher joins Mercer with nearly 20…
The Financial Services Commission of Ontario has said it expects to perform an on-site examination of every pension plan in the province over the next…
Aon Hewitt has made a number of additions to its Canadian investment consulting team. Calum Mackenzie, who will move over from Aon Hewitt’s office in…
A House of Commons committee is recommending the government look for ways to deal with the solvency of Canada Post’s defined benefit pension plan, including…
Saskatoon transit workers have withdrawn their job action, which included work to rule and a ban to overtime, after a majority ratified a collective agreement…
Despite the fact that 59 per cent of generation Xers have saved some of their income for retirement in 2016, just 35 per cent of…
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,…