The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is one of the top 20 asset owners in the world, at US$283.45 billion, making it one of the…
The political congestion likely to stem from the United States’ midterm election results has equally mixed implications for equity markets, with Democrats taking a majority in the…
An accounting indexation error by Veterans Affairs Canada has deprived thousands of veterans of indexation increases to their monthly disability pension, according to Canada’s veterans…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is partnering with the Creative Destruction Lab to deepen its knowledge of cutting-edge technologies. Founded by Ajay Agrawal, a…
A contentious election in Brazil that’s held the attention of the global investing community came to a conclusion on Oct. 28, 2018, with far-right congressman Jair…
Hub International Ltd. is acquiring Proteus Performance Management Inc. Headquartered in Toronto, Proteus provides specialized pension plan governance and investment consulting to corporate plan sponsors, not-for-profit…
Measuring happiness has a role to play in determining the success of retirement solutions and their outcomes, according to a new global survey by State…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has appointed Kelly Shen as senior managing director and chief technology and data officer. “Together with her team, Kelly will further…
Canadian investment managers had $2.1 trillion in assets using responsible investment strategies as of Dec. 31, 2017, a major jump from $1.5 trillion at the end…
The average Canadian isn’t rational about money, according to a personal finance expert speaking at the 2018 Defined Contribution Investment Forum in Toronto in September.…
Take the free money. This is my regular mantra for employees in employer-sponsored retirement plans. But many employees don’t enrol in company-sponsored plans or don’t take the…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is emphasizing the issue of gender composition on investee companies’ boards in its latest sustainable investing report. With this fifth area…
The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System has appointed Enrico Persicone as manager of pension policy. Previously, Persicone worked as a senior manager for BMO Canada’s pension program for…
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is teaming up with Generation Investment Management to acquire General Atlantic’s and H.I.G. Capital’s investment in FNZ, a…
Amazon made a big splash this week with its $15 an hour minimum wage announcement, but lost in the fine print: Existing warehouse workers will…
A report from Nova Scotia’s auditor general is once again highlighting the “troubling” state of the Nova Scotia teachers’ pension plan, which is 78.4 per cent funded…
Mercer and Morningstar Inc. are teaming up to create a digital platform for institutional investment manager data, performance analytics and qualitative research. “Investors and their advisors do not…
While more than half (53 per cent) of investment managers believe the business case for developing a diverse workforce is either strong or very strong, many…
One of Neiman Marcus Group Ltd.’s debtholder believes the company could be in default based on a transaction involving the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Marble…
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has named Steve Buck as its new managing director of technology infrastructure. In the role, Buck will be responsible for…
Postmedia Network Inc. has told Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Sun staff that it will lock out union employees starting Monday if they reject or refuse…
The escalating cost of drugs and benefits plans are among the top priorities for Canadian employers, according to a new survey by Aon. The survey, which polled nearly 200 Canadian plan sponsors…
Mercer is making some changes to its executive suite, with two newly created global roles. Martine Ferland, the company’s former president of Europe and Pacific and co-president of…
Women made up nearly half (47.7 per cent) of Canada’s workforce in 2016, according to figures from Statistics Canada, marking a noteworthy rise on 1976’s…
Three years ago, the Alberta Pensions Services Corp. was facing a bitter fact. Though one of our key corporate goals is to begin paying benefits…