In the pursuit of top talent, employers are becoming more flexible when it comes to employee time off, according to a new report by the…
The registered retirement savings plan is fast approaching its 60th birthday. There have been many changes over that period and Canadians’ contributions have ebbed and…
Starbucks Canada has increased its mental-health benefits from $400 to $5,000 per year for all employees who work 20 or more hours a week, as…
The Association of Canadian Pension Management says Ontario’s solvency funding framework for defined benefit pension plans should use Quebec’s new funding regime as a model.…
A third (36 per cent) of millennials are willing to pay more for more generous workplace health-care plans, up from 27 per cent who said…
Toronto Foundation has appointed Morneau Shepell Asset and Risk Management as its portfolio manager. The charitable foundation currently administers more than $400 million in assets.…
After considering feedback from its online consultation, British Columbia will support the Canada Pension Plan enhancement. The consultation, which was launched on July 15, 2016,…
An accounting difference involving the Ontario Public Service Employees Union Pension Plan and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has the government at odds with the…
As the federal Department of Finance consults on proposed amendments to Canada’s Income Tax Act, the Association of Canadian Pension Management has responded with a…
During an event held last week in Toronto, participants discussed how the 70-per-cent replacement rate as a measure of retirement income adequacy could be modified.…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has appointed Patrick De Roy senior vice-president, research, depositors and global portfolio. Read: Mercer appoints health and benefits…
Cancelling the increase to the age of eligibility for old-age security was certainly a popular move. The change, which quickly followed the Liberals’ election in…
As a hospital, the IWK Health Centre in Halifax has a natural interest in promoting health and wellness. And in its case, many of the…
The federal government has begun imposing financial sanctions on the Canada Life Assurance Co. after months of outcry from public servants, retirees and their families who…
Environmental, social and governance standards have helped investors generate positive annualized returns, with environmental investments leading the pack globally, according to a new study from…
A story on how private payers are implementing preferred pharmacy networks to reduce benefits plan costs was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this week. Here…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is selling 2.78 per cent of its stake in India-based supply chain and logistics operator Delhivery Ltd. The total…
The funded ratio of U.S. corporate defined benefit pension plans declined to 98.5 per cent in fiscal 2023 from 99.4 per cent in 2022, according…
Even though it has been two years since the U.S. Federal Reserve started rapidly hiking interest rates, hedge fund managers aren’t more likely to have…