Between 2010 and 2014, the Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan’s spending on specialty drugs increased by 71 per cent. When it came to those members…
The time to act is now: that was the collective feeling at the 2016 Face-to-Face Drug Plan Management conference on May 26 in Vancouver. As…
Almost nine in 10 plan sponsors are concerned about the rising costs of their drug plans over the next two to three years, according to…
With plan sponsors concerned about the sustainability of their drug plans, a panel of experts at the 2016 Face-to-Face Drug Plan Management Forum in Vancouver…
Though there has yet to be a formal agreement reached on how Canada’s largest pension funds will work with the federal government to support its infrastructure agenda,…
The Association of Canadian Pension Management is asking the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities to allow for some flexibility in its revised guidelines on…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has invested in a Montreal-based virtual reality studio that’s known for collaborating with franchises such as Cirque…
Nearly two-thirds (62 per cent) of Canadian employees would be willing to pay more out of their paycheque in order to receive a more generous…
Many companies – including Great-West Life, Starbucks and WestJet – offer employee share purchase plans to employees with the expectation of employee retention and entrepreneurial thinking. You may…
Alberta Investment Management Corporation has entered into a strategic financing relationship with Calfrac Well Services, an Alberta-based pressure pumping services provider, on behalf of certain…
Medavie has appointed Bernard Lord as chief executive officer, effective Sept. 1, 2016. With extensive experience in both the public and private sectors, Lord has…
Employers are quite satisfied with their health benefits offerings for prescription drugs (81 per cent), basic dental coverage (78 per cent) and paramedical services (74…
Boosting productivity is the top goal of providing a health benefit plan, according to 64 per cent of employer respondents to the 2016 Sanofi Canada…
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…