The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and European private equity firm Cinven have announced an agreement to acquire Hotelbeds Group, a global provider of travel…
The cost of employee health-care benefits around the globe is increasing, driven by the higher cost of hospital and inpatient services, medical technology and the overuse…
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has announced it will sell its ownership in ANV Holdings BV to AmTrust Financial Services, a multinational insurance holding company headquartered in…
Bell Canada has launched two new support programs under its employee assistance program. Its new peer support referral program connects staff and their family to support…
Manulife has announced that Sue Reibel will succeed Charles Guay as executive vice-president and general manager of institutional markets for Manulife Canada. But the search is…
In its first federal budget last month, the Liberal government said it would seek additional funding from Canada’s pension funds as it looks to invest more…
More than half (59 per cent) of retirees are worried about making their retirement savings stretch for their remaining years, according to a new survey by…
Uber drivers are turning to the Teamsters in their bid for benefits. Teamsters Joint Council 7, a California transportation union that represents 100,000 employees in…
Finance Minister Bill Morneau has been busy promoting his first federal budget on both sides of the Atlantic. This week, he continues west to such…
The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT) Pension Plan earned a net-of-fee annual return of 8.1% in 2015, outperforming its policy benchmark by 3.1%, but…
Many plan sponsors aren’t aware of the level of oversight required for their defined contribution pension plans and the legal risks that comes along with…
CDPQ Infra, a subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, has proposed a 67-kilometre electric light-rail transit system for the Greater Montréal area…
Dalhousie University, Perkins+Will Canada Architects, Veridian Corporation and Xerox Canada are among Canada’s greenest employers, according to a report published today by Canada’s Top 100 Employers to…
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…