Aon has completed its acquisition of the Townsend Group, a U.S.-based investment management and advisory service provider with a focus on real estate and real assets. “We are…
Just seven per cent of Canadians say saving for retirement is their top financial priority in 2018, according to a new survey by CIBC. Men are nearly twice…
Canada’s 100 highest-paid chief executive officers earned 209-times more than the average worker in 2016, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.…
KKR & Co. is acquiring PetVet Care Centers from the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and other current shareholders. PetVet buys and operates veterinary hospitals in 22 states throughout…
With the new year underway, recipients of Canada Pension Plan and old-age security benefits are getting a modest increase from the federal government. Effective Jan. 1,…
It’s not just a new year for SSQ Life Insurance Co. Inc., as the company has a new name as well. It has rebranded as SSQ…
Coverage of the 2017 Risk Management Conference.
With 2017 coming to a close and 2018 on the horizon, professionals in the pension, investment, benefits and human resources industries have a number of dates to…
When it comes to the most popular investment stories of the year, Benefits Canada‘s biannual top money managers’ rankings were at the top of the list…
One summer, as a university student in the mid-1970s, Frances Gallop was working at a restaurant where the manager sexually harassed nearly every female employee.…
One of the biggest topics in the health and benefits industry in 2017 was the federal government’s new 18-month parental leave option. Three stories on this…
With the majority of the amendments in Bill 148 taking effect in Ontario in early December, it requires employers in the province to undertake a review of…
Alberta is implementing it’s first job-protected bereavement leave as of Jan. 1, 2018. In addition to the death of an immediate family member or of a…
Don Smith, the recently suspended chair of the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan’s board of trustees, has been removed from his position…
The University Pension Plan Ontario is creating a joint venture with Schroders Capital to invest in high-quality logistics and industrial real estate across northwestern Europe.…
The average Canadian defined benefit pension plan returned 0.6 per cent during the fourth quarter of 2025, down from 4.4 per cent in the previous…
The federal government is expanding its return-to-office mandate for public employees. As of May 4, executives in the federal public service will be required to…
With the new year may come new resolutions — or at least topics to keep in mind — for capital accumulation plan sponsors. Ongoing compliance…
An article on the suspension of the board chair at the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com…