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Approaching the workplace generation gap

Approaching the workplace generation gap

Workplaces are prime spots for generational clashes, reports The New York Times.

  • By: Staff
  • August 10, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 12:20
PSP Investments to sell joint venture stake

PSP Investments to sell joint venture stake

Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) and Starlight Investments have agreed to sell their real estate joint venture for $535 million to Northern Property…

  • By: Staff
  • August 10, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 11:21
Canadians like their jobs

Canadians like their jobs

They say if you love your job, you never have to work a day in your life. To find out if that’s true, just ask…

  • By: Staff
  • August 10, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 10:42
CPPIB expands student housing portfolio

CPPIB expands student housing portfolio

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has purchased a portfolio of five student residences in the United Kingdom from Student Castle for £330 million…

  • By: Staff
  • August 10, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 10:02
CPPIB and Permira complete Informatica purchase

CPPIB and Permira complete Informatica purchase

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), together with European private equity firm Permira, has completed the purchase of business software company Informatica. A company…

  • By: Staff
  • August 7, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 11:50
Teachers’ to sell majority stake in laundry equipment manufacturer

Teachers’ to sell majority stake in laundry equipment manufacturer

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan will sell its majority stake in the world’s biggest manufacturer of commercial laundry equipment, Alliance Laundry Systems. Read: New addition…

  • By: Staff
  • August 7, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 11:28
Canada’s July unemployment stuck at 6.8%

Canada’s July unemployment stuck at 6.8%

Canada’s economy added about 6,600 jobs last month, essentially reversing a similar decline in June but not enough to change a national unemployment rate that…

Election primer on pensions

Election primer on pensions

The Conservatives may be vulnerable on one point in this year's federal election and it has to do with seniors, reports Maclean's.

  • By: Staff
  • August 6, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 12:29
Top 3 retirement realities for boomers

Top 3 retirement realities for boomers

There are some surprises in store for Canadian boomers approaching retirement.

  • By: Staff
  • August 6, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 12:11
Rough Q2 for TSX and active managers

Rough Q2 for TSX and active managers

The TSX had a rough Q2, and so did most active managers.

  • By: Staff
  • August 6, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 12:00
Insurers report mixed Q2 results

Insurers report mixed Q2 results

Sun Life and Manulife both reported their second-quarter results.

  • By: Staff
  • August 6, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 11:54
Employers expect lower salary increases in 2016

Employers expect lower salary increases in 2016

Employers in Canada are expecting salaries to rise by an average of 2.5% in 2016, according to Morneau Shepell’s annual Trends in Human Resources survey.…

  • By: Staff
  • August 6, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 11:16
Microsoft expands parental leave, improves 401(k) plan

Microsoft expands parental leave, improves 401(k) plan

A day after Netflix announced it would extend parental leave for its American employees, Microsoft is following suit.

  • By: Staff
  • August 6, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 10:46

Report finds critical lack of workplace support for menopausal employees

While menopause impacts more than half of the workforce, there’s a critical lack of support in the workplace for women employees experiencing health issues related…

  • By: Staff
  • May 2, 2024 May 1, 2024
  • 09:00

CPPIB sells 2.78% stake in India logistics firm

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…

  • By: Staff
  • May 1, 2024 May 1, 2024
  • 15:00

90% of U.S. workers have ‘rage applied’ for a job in the last 6 months: survey

A majority (90 per cent) of U.S. workers have “rage applied” for a new job in the last six months, according to a new survey by Bold…

  • By: Staff
  • May 1, 2024 May 1, 2024
  • 15:00

Funded ratio of 100 largest U.S. corporate DB pension plans declines to 98.4% in fiscal 2023: report

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…

  • By: Staff
  • May 1, 2024 April 30, 2024
  • 09:00

Expert panel: Have hedge funds budged on hurdle rates?

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…

Public meeting in Edmonton attracts hundreds amid talk of province’s CPP withdrawal

Hundreds of Albertans turned out for a meeting in Edmonton last week to hear officials from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board discuss the state…

  • By: Staff
  • April 30, 2024 April 29, 2024
  • 09:00