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Employees at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children are joining the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan’s defined benefit plan, effective Dec. 29, 2025. Almost all active members currently enrolled in the hospital’s DB plan will transition to the HOOPP for future service, enabling these members to continue to grow their existing SickKids pension, according to a […]

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  • June 27, 2025 June 26, 2025
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is investing up to $720 million in Nido Living, a student housing operator in Europe. The financial backing will support Nido’s acquisition of Livensa Living, a student housing platform operating across Iberia owned by Brookfield Asset Management. The strategic acquisition demonstrates the CPPIB’s ongoing commitment to European student accommodation, […]

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  • June 20, 2025 June 20, 2025
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The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is closing the purchase of a 7.51 per cent minority stake in the 407 Express Toll Route from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Spain-based infrastructure firm Ferrovial will retain its 48.29 per cent ownership stake for the 108-kilometre toll highway in the Greater Toronto Area, followed by the […]

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  • June 13, 2025 June 12, 2025
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Risk management continues to be one of the hottest topics in the pension industry for a number of reasons, including the uncertainty caused by the current geopolitical and economic climate and the September 2024 release of the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities’ new guideline for risk management for plan administrators. While pension plan administrators […]

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Canpotex Ltd. is supporting employee financial wellness with its new first home savings account. The FHSA, introduced in the federal government’s 2023 budget, allows Canadians to accumulate tax-free savings, within certain limits, towards the purchase of a first property. The Saskatchewan-based potash exporter recently added the savings option for its 157 Canadian employees following discussions […]

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The Medicus Pension Plan is reporting a 152 per cent funded status on a going-concern basis and a 120 per cent funded status on a solvency basis as of Jan. 1, 2025. In its annual report, the multi-employer defined benefit pension plan designed exclusively for incorporated physicians in Canada, also reported an investment return of […]

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  • June 5, 2025 June 4, 2025
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The University Pension Plan recorded a 10.3 per cent annual net return in 2024, increasing its net assets to $12.8 billion. According to its latest annual results report, the investment organization took in $1.2 billion in net investment income during the year. The positive investment return was driven mainly by U.S. equities and absolute return […]

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  • June 2, 2025 May 29, 2025
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More than 8,300 workers will have lost their job and some benefits by the time Hudson’s Bay Co. closes all of its stores at the start of June, new court documents filed by the collapsing retailer say. The cut will span the majority of the 9,364 workers at Canada’s oldest company and form one of […]

Yellow Pages Ltd. is transferring $210 million in defined benefit pension liabilities through a group annuity contract with BMO Insurance. According to a press release, BMO Insurance will issue annuities covering the responsibility for pension benefits of roughly 860 retired plan members at the company. The insurance firm will start administering all benefits to these […]

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  • May 26, 2025 May 23, 2025
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U.S. meatpacking workers are getting their first new defined benefit pension plan in nearly 40 years under a contract agreement between Brazil-based JBS, one of the world’s largest meat companies, and an American labour union. The United Food and Commercial Workers union said 26,000 meatpacking workers at 14 JBS facilities would be eligible for the […]