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The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has invested $1 billion in Montreal-based CGI Group Inc., Canada’s largest information technology services company.

  • May 31, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 10:06

Teach ‘em early. That’s the idea behind a new post-secondary scholarship opportunity offered by Brandes Investment Partners & Co. The program, available to Canadians aged 16 to 22, is designed to impart lifelong lessons in financial literacy that will help young Canadians as they move into their earning (and saving) years. It’s accessible online at brandesscholarship.com.

  • May 25, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 11:49

Here’s a new use for your smartphone, even if it is a tad uncomfortable to think about. Towers Watson’s U.K. office has released a new app that allows users to estimate their own life expectancy.

  • May 24, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 12:29

Workplace wellness may be a popular topic in the benefits space, but there is a lack of research clearly assessing the return on investment (ROI) of wellness programs. That was the message Dr. Michael Rouse, director of the health sector M.B.A. with the Richard Ivey School of Business, gave at a Sun Life Financial Wellness Institute breakfast yesterday in Toronto.

  • May 17, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 14:24

In remarks today in London to the Canada-United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce, David Denison, president and CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, spoke of the important role that long-term investors can play in infrastructure, and the conditions that can attract pension funds.

  • May 15, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 09:08

It looks like the majority of Canadian employers recognize the importance of wellness in the workplace, and are implementing programs to improve the health and well-being of their employees, according to research by the International Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans (IFEBP).

  • May 9, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 10:47

Countries around the globe have been making changes to their pension legislation in recent months, as they attempt to balance aging populations, increasing longevity and burdensome deficits.

  • May 2, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 12:50

“PRPPs have helped to change the pension conversation because they’ve created conversation,” says Sue Reibel, senior vice-president and general manager, group retirement solutions, with Manulife Financial.

  • April 13, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 09:17

Many Canadian employees feel like the line between their work and home life is becoming increasingly blurred, according to Randstad’s Global Workmonitor survey.

  • April 12, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 10:24

There’s a little less conversation happening in Canada. A report issued last week by Convergence Consulting Group found that cellphone users are talking less, but texting, emailing and web surfing more.

  • April 10, 2012 September 13, 2019
  • 09:12