OPB – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 03 May 2024 21:03:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/top-5-hr-benefits-pension-and-investment-stories-of-the-week-76/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:00:54 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=153160 An article on how a shorter workweek can support higher levels of employee health and happiness was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the past week: 1. Four-day workweek improves employee well-being, retention: expert 2. Report finds women taking 69% of all mental-health leaves of […]

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]]> Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/top-5-hr-benefits-pension-and-investment-stories-of-the-week-63/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 14:00:54 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=148089 An article on how Desjardins Insurance is supporting employee financial wellness was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com over the last week. Here are the five most popular news stories of the week: 1. Desjardins using budget workshops, interactive game to support employee financial wellness 2. Canadian employers implementing four-day workweek note increased worker happiness, productivity: report 3. OPB appointing Darwin […]

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]]> 2023 Top 40 Money Managers Report: Geopolitical tension making its presence felt among institutional investors https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/2023-top-40-money-managers-report-geopolitical-tension-making-its-presence-felt-among-institutional-investors/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:56:56 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=146949 By the time Nick Chamie graduated with his first degree in economics in 1992, the Berlin Wall had already fallen and the Soviet Union had ceased to exist. Still, Chamie — now the chief strategist and senior managing director at the Investment Management Corp. of Ontario — explains that, as he began making his way in the […]

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]]> Market share of responsible investing AUM increases to 49% in 2023: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/market-share-of-responsible-investing-aum-increases-to-49-in-2023-report/ Thu, 26 Oct 2023 13:00:10 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=145912 The market share of responsible investment assets under management rose slightly in 2022, from 47 per cent to 49 per cent, even as AUM in general decreased, according to the Responsible Investment Association’s annual trends report. The report tracks the national trends and outlook for responsible investing by surveying asset managers, including the Alberta Investment […]

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]]> Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/top-5-hr-benefits-pension-and-investment-stories-of-the-week-32/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:00:48 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=137109 An article on two upcoming executive departures at the Ontario Pension Board was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com over the last week. Here are the five most popular news stories of the week: 1. Ontario Pension Board preparing for departure of two top executives 2. Communication, education key to smooth transition to biosimilars: expert 3. 71% of Canadian employees […]

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]]> Ontario Pension Board preparing for departure of two top executives https://www.benefitscanada.com/notice/appointment-notice/ontario-pension-board-preparing-for-departure-of-two-top-executives/ Mon, 24 Apr 2023 15:30:10 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=136937 The Ontario Pension Board is announcing its plans for managing the coming departures of two of its top executives — Mark Fuller, president and chief executive officer, and Peter Shena, executive vice-president and chief pension officer. Shena (pictured right) will be stepping down from his role at the end of 2023, while Fuller (pictured left) […]

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]]> 2022 Top 40 Money Managers Report: Geopolitics roaring back into focus for institutional investors https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/2022-top-40-money-managers-report-geopolitics-roaring-back-into-focus-for-institutional-investors/ Fri, 13 May 2022 12:53:57 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=120878 While politics plays a role in most investment decisions, it tends to arise on a fairly localized basis, says Michael Craig, head of the asset allocation and derivatives teams at TD Asset Management Inc. In addition, its prominence as a factor usually rises and falls on a cycle, slipping easily off investors’ radar in times […]

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]]> Ontario Pension Board generates 9.4% return in 2021 https://www.benefitscanada.com/pensions/defined-benefit-pensions/ontario-pension-board-cuts-liabilities-generates-9-4-per-cent-returns-in-2021/ Tue, 10 May 2022 13:01:10 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=121185 The Ontario Pension Board, the administrator of province’s public service pension plan, generated a return of 9.4 per cent in 2021. In its yet-to-be released 2021 annual report, the OPB also reported its assets under management had grown to $33.8 billion, up from $31 billion the previous year. It also improved its solvency ratio by […]

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]]> IMCO, OPB to divest Russian holdings https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/imco-opb-to-divest-russian-holdings/ Mon, 07 Mar 2022 20:00:55 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=117854 In response to the ongoing war in Ukraine, more Canadian public sector institutional investors are announcing plans to exclude Russian assets from their portfolios. The Investment Management Corp. of Ontario and the Ontario Pension Board will divest their portfolios of existing Russian assets as soon as possible. Efforts to immediately divest are currently impossible as […]

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]]> Net-zero transition offering opportunities for Canadian pension sector: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/strategies/net-zero-transition-offering-opportunities-for-canadian-pension-sector-report/ Wed, 10 Nov 2021 13:00:28 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=111263 Canada’s $4 trillion pension sector could enjoy immense commercial benefits by aligning with the transition to net-zero emissions and helping to mobilize $140 billion of low carbon investments per year, according to a new report by Corporate Knights, the Natural Step Canada and the Smart Prosperity Institute. It found Canada’s 12 largest pension fund managers […]

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