Protecting against longevity risk is one of the biggest challenges for people with defined contribution pension plans because, if they live longer than their savings…
Employers have always depended on the public health system to treat their employees in a timely manner. However, because of health cutbacks and the resulting…
Before changes brought in by the federal government in the late 1980s, a mechanism to protect defined contribution plans against longevity risk used to exist.…
When France implemented its 35-hour workweek more than 15 years ago, it seemed to signal a real victory for work-life balance in a world where…
One of the more surprising results from the Morneau Shepell research report into workplace mental-health priorities for 2016 was the fact that almost 75 per…
Visits to Christian Science practitioners aren’t an expensive benefit for plans to cover. In the past three years, the University of Manitoba spent exactly zero…
Employees at Lakeside Process Controls Ltd., a process automation company based in Mississauga, Ont., sometimes call in sick by sending text messages to their managers.…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec will invest US$600-700 million in the Indian financial services company Edelweiss Group over a four-year period. Edelweiss…
When considering claims that Canadians lack adequate savings for retirement, it’s crucial to ask whether “fourth-pillar” assets have been fully considered in reaching this conclusion,…
Fiera Capital Corp. is to acquire independent asset manager and London, England-based Charlemagne Capital Ltd. According to Fiera Capital, the acquisition would provide Fiera Capital…
While there has been much discussion of the need to refine the common notion of a 70 per cent replacement rate in retirement, implementing a…
September has been a busy month in the pension, investment, benefits and human resources industries. Benefits Canada rounds up the top 10 online news stories…
While there has been plenty of attention on the affect of Nortel Networks Corp.’s bankruptcy on its pension plan members, the struggle by a group…
The Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s total fund generated a net return of 6.9 per cent in 2023, 1.8 percentage points below its 8.7 per cent benchmark.…
More than two-thirds (69 per cent) of U.S. employees say they’d be happier if they had deeper connections with work colleagues, according to a survey…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is considering selling Amica Senior Lifestyles in a deal that could be worth $5 billion, according to report by Bloomberg. The…
A group of institutional investors is voicing concerns about the rise of virtual-only shareholder meetings they say risk eroding shareholder democracy. In an open letter…
A story on how Organon Canada is supporting women employees at every stage of their career was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com. Here are the top…
The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan saw a net return of 9.5 per cent for 2023, with net assets of $20.1 billion,…