Assets under management in exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded products in Canada reached US$84 billion at the end of 2016, according to a new report. The…
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has appointed Kim Thomassin as executive vice-president of legal affairs and secretariat, effective Jan. 30, 2017. In the…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has invested in a United States-based wholesale data centre developer in partnership with RedBird Capital Partners. Established in 2011 and…
Institutional investors want ‘climate competency’ in Canada’s boardrooms: report
Five years ago, Patrick O’Toole said he was maintaining overweights in corporate bonds. “We think that strategy is going to pay off over the next…
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board chief financial officer Benita Warmbold plans to retire this June, according to a news release. The news release noted the…
Long-term disability rates will decrease by 3.2 per cent on average through the first half of this year compared to the last half of 2016,…
As part of its efforts to focus on wellness and expand its health and safety program, a B.C. logging company hosted two seminars with a…
Manulife is providing more mental-health support to employees by increasing its annual coverage of mental-health services to $10,000 per person. Previously, employees could claim up…
Despite growing concern from institutional investors about the risks associated with climate change and the subsequent impact on companies in their portfolios, companies in Canada’s…
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will acquire an approximate 48 per cent stake in GlobalLogic Inc., a digital product development services company, from Apax Partners…
Morneau Shepell Ltd. has acquired Longpré, an employee assistance and wellness program provider based in Montreal. The move expands the company’s presence in Quebec following…
In December, a Mercer report found the median solvency ratio for Canadian pension plans increased from 85 per cent at the end of the third…
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…