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TSX drops to 8-month low

TSX drops to 8-month low

North American markets suffered steep losses, with the Toronto Stock Exchange registering a triple-digit decline for a second consecutive day amid weak energy markets, a…

Trudeau would extend compassionate care benefit

Trudeau would extend compassionate care benefit

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is promising to lower the government’s eligibility requirements for Canadians needing help to care for a sick loved one. If elected,…

Three Asian debt markets you’ve overlooked

Three Asian debt markets you’ve overlooked

Despite an expected rise in U.S. interest rates, obscure or dangerous frontier markets can be a good way to get extra bond yields

Greek PM Tsipras resigns

Greek PM Tsipras resigns

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced his government's resignation and called early elections Thursday, an attempt to get a new mandate to implement a three-year…

Teachers’ to sell stake in TD Centre

Teachers’ to sell stake in TD Centre

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan subsidiary Cadillac Fairview has entered into a binding agreement to sell a 30% non-managing interest in Toronto-Dominion Centre to the Ontario…

  • By: Staff
  • August 20, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 11:12
Is your co-worker trying to sabotage you?

Is your co-worker trying to sabotage you?

Do you suspect someone at work is trying to sink your career? You're not alone.

  • By: Staff
  • August 20, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 10:45
Franklin Resources names co-presidents

Franklin Resources names co-presidents

Franklin Resources has appointed Vijay C. Advani and Jennifer M. Johnson as co-presidents, effective Oct. 1, 2015.

  • By: Staff
  • August 20, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 10:27
Liberals pitch flexible work plan

Liberals pitch flexible work plan

Justin Trudeau is promising a Liberal government would make it easier for more than a million Canadians to have more flexible work hours.

Public healthcare insurance costs typical family nearly $12,000

Public healthcare insurance costs typical family nearly $12,000

A typical Canadian family of four will pay $11,735 for public healthcare insurance in 2015, finds a Fraser Institute study.

  • By: Staff
  • August 20, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 09:28
How to support new immigrants at work

How to support new immigrants at work

I recently watched U.K.-based CNN anchor Hala Gorani—born in the U.S. to Syrian parents and raised in Algeria and France—give a graduation speech at George…

Why you need to take a lunch break

Why you need to take a lunch break

Research suggests everyone would be be better off if more of us took a real mid-day break, reports Profit.

  • By: Staff
  • August 19, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 17:00
National securities regulator won’t pressure provinces to join

National securities regulator won’t pressure provinces to join

As the plan to create a national securities regulator forges ahead, the organization’s newly minted chairman says he isn’t bothered by the fact that not…

Teachers’ sells Canadian banks, energy companies

Teachers’ sells Canadian banks, energy companies

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan sold large stakes in Canadian banks and energy companies in the second quarter.

Survey finds 95% of U.S. public pension funds employ investment consultants

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…

  • By: Staff
  • April 26, 2024 April 26, 2024
  • 15:45

Younger employees expect a 10% raise if unable to work in a hybrid arrangement: survey

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…

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

Top 5 HR, benefits, pensions and investment stories of the week

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.…

  • By: Staff
  • April 26, 2024 April 25, 2024
  • 09:00

73% of OPB plan members want ESG considerations included in investment decisions: survey

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…

  • By: Staff
  • April 25, 2024 April 24, 2024
  • 09:00

WISE Trust returns 7.9% in 2023, net assets increase to $4 billion

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…

  • By: Staff
  • April 23, 2024 April 23, 2024
  • 15:00

Expert panel: How institutional investors are adapting to a post-pandemic global economy

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…