Education Minister Liz Sandals says it looks like Ontario teachers are taking more sick days because they lost the right to bank them and take…
While proponents are expressing concern about the absence of any mention of target-benefit pension plans in the recent federal budget, the omission doesn’t mean Ottawa has lost interest in…
A California Assembly panel has given preliminary approval to raising the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. Members of the Assembly Appropriations…
Pension fund returns 13% during tough year
Despite low interest rates, slow global growth and sliding commodity prices, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Teachers’) saw its investment return increase in 2015 –…
The University of Toronto has rejected recommendations to get rid of its holdings in the fossil fuel industry, but says it will consider environmental, social, and governance factors in making investment…
CPPIB Credit Investments Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, has completed the funding of €480 million in the Mandatory Exchangeable Facility…
Global retailer Kingfisher Group has agreed a £230-million medically underwritten buy-in for its defined benefit pension plan. The transaction, which covers 149 specific plan members from the company’s £3-billion…
Tax preparation firm Ryan has been named to the top of Fortune‘s inaugural 50 Best Workplaces for Flexibility. The inaugural list surveyed more than 209,000 employees…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has appointed Alonso García-Tamés managing director of its México subsidiary, CDPQ México, and head of Latin America. Based in Mexico…
With his first budget behind him, rookie Finance Minister Bill Morneau seems comfortable in his new surroundings — he’s even quick to highlight the symbolism…
While he was the highest-paid civil servant in 2015 as head of the Pan Am Games, Saad Rafi will be making even more in his…
From the role of technology in drug plan management to how to create an action-oriented mental health strategy, the group benefits stream at Benefits Canada‘s 2016 Benefits and Pension Summit will cover…
Generation Z and millennials say they’d expect a 10 per cent salary increase, on average, if they were unable to work in a hybrid working…
An article on how employers are enhancing their benefits packages to boost talent attraction and retention was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week.…
In anticipation of 25 per cent to 35 per cent growth in Canada by the end of 2024, restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is making…
Roughly seven in 10 (73 per cent) Ontario Pension Board plan members believe environmental, social and governance factors should play a critical role in the…
The Workplace Insurance and Safety Employees Trust generated a net return of 7.9 per cent in 2023, with net assets reaching $4 billion, up from…
Renowned American businessman and investor Charlie Munger once said, “You have to keep learning if you want to become a great investor. When the world…