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Caisse posts strongest half-year return since 2010

Caisse posts strongest half-year return since 2010

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec generated a two per cent return in the first half of the year ended June 30, 2016, its…

Institutional investors push for environmental, social changes in companies through SHARE

Institutional investors push for environmental, social changes in companies through SHARE

The University of St. Michael’s College in Toronto is the latest institutional investor to join the Shareholder Association for Research and Education, an organization that…

Canadian pension plans rebound in Q2: RBC report

Canadian pension plans rebound in Q2: RBC report

Despite continuing economic uncertainty, Canadian defined benefit pension plans showed returns of 2.9 per cent in the second quarter of 2016 compared to first quarter…

  • By: Staff
  • August 12, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 08:26
Caisse to invest additional $125 million in McInnis Cement project

Caisse to invest additional $125 million in McInnis Cement project

La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is to invest an additional $125 million in the form of preferred equity in its McInnis Cement plant…

  • By: Staff
  • August 11, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 17:19
CPPIB sees 1.45% net return in first quarter

CPPIB sees 1.45% net return in first quarter

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board saw a net investment return of 1.45 per cent at the end of the first quarter of its 2017 fiscal…

  • By: Staff
  • August 11, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 10:45
Removing pension issues a solution to Canada Post stalemate: prof

Removing pension issues a solution to Canada Post stalemate: prof

While Canada Post Corp. has withdrawn the lockout threat it issued in early July to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, the two sides remain…

U.S. employers expect total health costs to jump 5% in 2016 and 2017

U.S. employers expect total health costs to jump 5% in 2016 and 2017

U.S. employers expect total health-care costs to jump five per cent both this year and next year, research by Willis Towers Watson has found. That…

  • By: Staff
  • August 10, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 10:16
Co-op Atlantic pensioners to share $7.25M as windup moves forward

Co-op Atlantic pensioners to share $7.25M as windup moves forward

More than 1,000 employee and retiree members of Co-op Atlantic’s defined benefit pension plan are to share $7.25 million following a New Brunswick judge’s approval…

Alberta Teachers’ invests in Ontario wind farm

Alberta Teachers’ invests in Ontario wind farm

Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund Board, along with Axium Infrastructure and Manulife Financial, have acquired Samsung Renewable Energy’s one-third interest in the K2 Wind Facility near Goderich,…

  • By: Staff
  • August 10, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 08:51
RBC Investor and Treasury Services appoints new managing director

RBC Investor and Treasury Services appoints new managing director

RBC Investor and Treasury Services has appointed David Linds as managing director and head of asset servicing Canada. Based in Toronto, Linds will be responsible…

  • By: Staff
  • August 10, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 08:00
Caisse acquires 20% stake in Australian developer

Caisse acquires 20% stake in Australian developer

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has acquired a 20 per cent stake in Plenary Group Holdings, an investor, developer and public infrastructure manager…

  • By: Staff
  • August 9, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 10:35
Feds urged to boost group RRSPs through tax, rule changes

Feds urged to boost group RRSPs through tax, rule changes

The Investment Funds Institute of Canada is getting a head start on the next federal budget by calling for changes to the treatment of group…

  • By: Staff
  • August 9, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 10:24
Saskatchewan proposes elimination of solvency funding for certain pension plans

Saskatchewan proposes elimination of solvency funding for certain pension plans

Saskatchewan’s pension regulator has set out proposals that include eliminating solvency funding for the province’s negotiated cost pension plans. Currently, all negotiated cost plans must…

  • By: Staff
  • August 9, 2016 September 13, 2019
  • 09:28

Average Canadian DB pension plan’s funded solvency position up 2.8% in February: report

The funded position of a typical defined benefit pension plan rose both on a solvency basis (2.8 per cent) and an accounting basis (2.3 per…

  • By: Staff
  • March 28, 2024 March 28, 2024
  • 15:00

47% of Canadian employees relying on workplace benefits to improve well-being: report

Nearly half (47 per cent) of Canadian employees say they’re interested in improving their well-being and plan on using workplace benefits to do so, according…

  • By: Staff
  • March 28, 2024 March 27, 2024
  • 09:00

Expert Panel: CPPIB taking steps to face shifting investment landscape in China

The decision by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board this month to reduce 10 per cent of its China equity team based in Hong Kong…

Ontario continues work on infrastructure bank, target-benefit pension plan framework

In its 2024 budget on Tuesday, the Ontario government reiterated its support for a provincial infrastructure bank to leverage public sector pension investments. The bank,…

  • By: Staff
  • March 27, 2024 March 27, 2024
  • 15:00

Hydro-Quebec’s $185 billion expansion plan getting institutional investor attention: report

A new $185 billion plan by Hydro-Quebec to build out increased power capacity is gaining attention from institutional investors, according to a report by Bloomberg.…

  • By: Staff
  • March 27, 2024 March 26, 2024
  • 15:00

New York State Common Retirement Fund curbing oil and gas investments

The New York State Common Retirement Fund is restricting its exposure in eight integrated oil and gas companies, including divesting a portion of its investment…

  • By: Staff
  • March 26, 2024 March 26, 2024
  • 15:00