Manulife Financial has appointed Donna Carbell as senior vice-president of its group benefits team and Brett Marchand as senior vice-president of its group retirement solutions…
Seventy-seven per cent of Canadian employees would leave their jobs for better retirement support, according to new research by ADP Canada. The survey, which polled…
Funds scramble to stem redemptions post-Brexit vote
The Ontario government has established the Investment Management Corp. of Ontario in an effort to improve the management of public sector pensions and other investment…
As the July 15 deadline for provincial leaders to commit to an expanded Canada Pension Plan approaches, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business is calling…
Canadian defined benefit pension solvency improved quarter-over-quarter, rising by 2.3 percentage points in the quarter to June 30 as the immediate selloff in equities following…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is to acquire French residential property management company Foncia. Caisse is part of a consortium of buyers…
Employee health services provider First Health Care is to acquire employee assistance program provider HumanaCare. The acquisition enhances First Health Care’s EAP offering by combining…
With $200 not getting people very far when it comes to buying eyeglasses, is vision coverage in employee benefit plans too low? The issue of…
Canada Post Corp. is sticking to its proposal to introduce a defined contribution pension plan for new workers as it issues a 72-hour lockout notice…
In a year that witnessed volatile markets and a plummeting Canadian dollar, 92 per cent of the plans on Benefits Canada’s top 100 pension funds…
Library workers in Mississauga, Ont. went on strike at midnight after pay and benefits negotiations with the city fell through over the weekend. The motion…
Since EY introduced a new employee well-being portal in April, the site has had more than 7,000 page views and 1,500 users tracked. The site,…
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…
A proposed retirement plan tax credit for small- and medium-sized employers could reduce cost barriers to offering employer-sponsored retirement programs, according to a new report…
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…