The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is to invest $80 million in Triotech, a Canadian company that produces media-based simulators for entertainment and edutainment markets.…
RSA Canada is partnering with the World Wildlife Fund-Canada to engage its employees in environmental initiatives. The insurance company has signed a new five-year sponsorship agreement with WWF-Canada’s…
FIFA paid Sepp Blatter $3.76 million in 2015, and the governing body reported a loss of $122 million for a year marred by scandal. After…
Morneau Shepell has appointed Mel Bartlett as region lead for British Columbia. In the new role, Bartlett will have overall responsibility for the company’s consulting business in…
Why should institutional investors take a second look at their investments in the fossil-fuel industry? And why should employers look at ways they can help…
Unlike most employers in Canada, plan sponsors that offer prescription drug benefits in Quebec have no choice but to pay for pharmacy services. Last summer,…
When Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s 31-year-old chief executive officer, told the world he was taking a two-month parental leave following the birth of his daughter last…
Five years ago, Mats Andersson had an epiphany. The CEO of the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, known as AP4, was travelling to meet with…
A comparison of pension systems in Canada and Britain isn’t an apples-to-apples exercise — or even apples to grapefruits. But when it comes to pension…
When Andrew Martin joined the HR department at Joey Restaurant Group eight years ago, the company hadn’t touched its paper-based, administrative services-only drug plan in…
You don’t need a psychologist to tell you financial debt creates stress. Almost a third (31%) of Canadians experience stress due to credit card debt,…
Of the 114 multinational companies that participated in the last Mercer global benefits governance survey, 84 per cent of respondents said they believed their existing…
Last year, Ingrid Wu didn’t have the usual in-person discussion with her manager as part of the annual review process at her job at the…
More than 95 per cent of U.S. public pension funds employ at least one investment consultant, according to a new survey by Coalition Greenwich. The…
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.…
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…