The Canada Post Corp. pension plan is appointing Ozlem Teksin as general manager and head of investment operations and investment technology. In the expanded role, she’ll be responsible for investment operations, performance reporting, governance and compliance and investment systems while leading a team that supports the execution of the plan’s investment strategy and the day‑to‑day […]
An article on an Ontario judges’ association’s lawsuit against their pension plan sponsor was the most-read article on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. Ontario judges’ group sues pension plan sponsor to prevent investments in derivatives 2. Survey finds Canadians […]
Canada and China are on a pragmatic path to establish an updated working relationship that could include private capital investments, says Jia Wang, senior fellow at the University of Alberta’s China Institute and a senior fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation. Last week, Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne held several meetings with Chinese officials in […]
The median solvency ratio among Canadian defined benefit pension plans was 123 per cent as of March 31, according to a new report by Mercer Canada. It attributed the finding to recent valuation results, along with the use of contribution holidays by employers. Compared to the end of 2025, market fluctuations didn’t impact the decrease […]
Sun Life Financial Inc. is acquiring the remaining interests in global real estate investment management advisor BGO and global alternative credit investment manager Crescent Capital Group, in deals valued at $1.59 billion and $829 million, respectively. Read: Custom investment services preferred by asset owners, but can be costly for managers: report According to a press […]
Ontario’s provincially appointed judges are taking their own pension plan to court to prevent the fund from investing in derivatives. In a notice of application filed with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto, the Association of Ontario Judges, which represents current and former judges of the Ontario Court of Justice, said the latest […]
The funded status of a typical Canadian defined benefit pension plan decreased on a solvency basis but increased on an accounting basis in the month of February, according to a new report from Telus Health. The monthly pension index found the typical DB plan decreased from 101.7 per cent on Jan. 31 to 100.7 per […]
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is reporting a total fund net investment return of 7.5 per cent for 2025, underperforming its benchmark return by 2.7 per cent. As at Dec. 31, 2025, its total client assets under management were $194.7 billion, compared to $179.6 billion at year-end 2024. The investment organization’s balanced fund posted a […]
Major Canadian banks and pension funds provided tens of billions of dollars to American contractors for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, an investigation by the non-profit Stand.earth has found. The group’s analysis of loan and share data found Canadian financial institutions backed multiple companies that have major contracts with ICE to provide equipment […]
The funded status of a typical defined benefit pension plan increased on a solvency basis but decreased on an accounting basis in January, according to a new report by Telus Health. The monthly pension index found the typical DB plan increased from 100 per cent on Jan. 1 to 101.7 per cent on Jan. 31 […]