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UN PRI encouraging signatories to focus on real-world outcomes

The Principles for Responsible Investment has released a framework for investors to help focus on aligning their activities with the UN’s sustainable development goals. “Issues…

  • By: Staff
  • June 25, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 08:10
Ontario Teachers’ appointing Karen Frank as senior managing director of equities

Ontario Teachers’ appointing Karen Frank as senior managing director of equities

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is appointing Karen Frank as senior managing director of equities. Based in the pension fund’s London office, she’ll take on the new role in…

  • By: Staff
  • June 24, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15
Canadian workers want to maintain flexible, remote work after pandemic: survey

Canadian workers want to maintain flexible, remote work after pandemic: survey

While 87 per cent of Canadian employees who started working remotely for the first time during the coronavirus pandemic believe it will have a long-term…

  • By: Staff
  • June 24, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15
Workplace inclusivity starts with acknowledging systemic racism: report

OPB outlines commitment to stand against anti-Black, anti-Indigenous racism

The Ontario Pension Board has released a statement addressing the role it plays in standing against anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism. “I know some of you…

  • By: Staff
  • June 24, 2020 February 23, 2021
  • 15:00
What’s dragging down the Canadian economy as the world reopens?

What’s dragging down the Canadian economy as the world reopens?

Along with the rest of the globe, Canada isn’t likely to see the V-shaped recovery that institutional investors were hoping for as it stares down…

Survey finds health apps, digital devices growing in popularity

Survey finds health apps, digital devices growing in popularity

Benefits plan members are increasingly using digital devices and mobile apps to improve their health, according to the 2020 Sanofi Canada health-care survey. More than…

  • By: Staff
  • June 24, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:05
Unifor, Co-op end months-long pension dispute with new collective agreement

Unifor, Co-op end months-long pension dispute with new collective agreement

Saskatchewan refinery workers have ratified a tentative agreement with Federated Co-operatives Ltd., bringing an end to a half-year labour dispute over the company’s defined benefit pension…

  • By: Staff
  • June 24, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:00
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Rebalancing rules bolster long-term performance in market stress

While it may seem counter intuitive to add higher-risk securities to a portfolio during times of severe market stress, doing so can be part of…

  • By: Staff
  • June 24, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 08:43
Saskatchewan’s PEBA outsourcing asset servicing for DB plans

Saskatchewan’s PEBA outsourcing asset servicing for DB plans

Saskatchewan’s Public Employees Benefits Agency is engaging CIBC Mellon to provide global and domestic custody, institutional accounting and securities lending. Through the partnership, the PEBA will use BNY Mellon…

  • By: Staff
  • June 24, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 08:30
Ontario Teachers’ investing in UAE-based gas pipeline infrastructure

Ontario Teachers’ investing in UAE-based gas pipeline infrastructure

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is joining a consortium of other institutional investors to invest in certain gas pipeline assets of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.…

  • By: Staff
  • June 23, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:00

FSRA updates guidance for pension plans concerned about filing deadlines

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario is updating its guidance for pension plans around filing deadlines and member communications. The update reflects the government of Ontario’s regulations…

  • By: Staff
  • June 23, 2020 November 26, 2020
  • 09:30
How is benefits plan design evolving?

How is benefits plan design evolving?

About three-quarters (72 per cent) of Canadians with a workplace health benefits plan have a traditional plan and 28 per cent have a flex plan,…

  • By: Staff
  • June 23, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:00

Role of data integration in disability management post-pandemic

The long-term economic impacts of the COVID-19 s pandemic is anybody’s best guess, as are its long-term health impacts. Emerging evidence shows that, even after recovering…

  • June 23, 2020 November 23, 2020
  • 08:30
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Coronavirus to leave some lasting economic damage, Bank of Canada chief says

The coronavirus pandemic will leave some long-term economic damage that will only become clearer as the country moves further along a “prolonged and bumpy” course…

Caisse investing in Canadian sustainable architecture firm

Caisse investing in Canadian sustainable architecture firm

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing $8.7 million in Canadian architecture and design firm Lemay in the form of a loan.…

  • By: Staff
  • June 22, 2020 November 11, 2020
  • 15:15
Mark Wiseman appointed board chair of AIMCo

Mark Wiseman appointed board chair of AIMCo

The Alberta Investment Management Corp. is appointing Mark Wiseman as a board director and the chair of its board of directors, effective July 1, 2020. Wiseman will…

  • By: Staff
  • June 22, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:00
Will yield curve control come to North America?

Will yield curve control come to North America?

With central banks targeting short-term interest rates near zero and engaging in quantitative easing, will they resort to other monetary policy tools like yield curve…

HP Canada finds balance between inclusion, intrusion while onboarding during coronavirus

HP Canada finds balance between inclusion, intrusion while onboarding during coronavirus

For many employers, the newly digital office environment necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic can be awkward, especially for recent graduates entering career-track jobs for the…

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Mark Wiseman named AIMCO’s new board chair

Mark Wiseman has been named as a director and the chair of the Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s board of directors, effective July 1, 2020. Wiseman…

  • By: Staff
  • June 22, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 09:29

PMPRB publishes new draft guidelines, launches 30-day consultation

As reported earlier this month, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board has published a new draft of its guidelines and launched a 30-day written consultation…

Employee, employer views on quality of benefits plans differ, finds Sanofi survey

Employee, employer views on quality of benefits plans differ, finds Sanofi survey

While nearly half (47 per cent) of Canadian employees described their health benefits plan as excellent or very good, this number is at the low…

  • By: Staff
  • June 22, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 09:00
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Vopak Terminals joining CAAT DBplus, OPSEU members joining OPTrust Select

As part of a new collective agreement ratified earlier this year, employees at Vopak Terminals of Canada in Hamilton have joined the Colleges of Applied…

  • By: Staff
  • June 22, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 08:17
Caisse providing financing to Quebec-based higher education institution network

Caisse providing financing to Quebec-based higher education institution network

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is providing a loan to LCI Education, a Quebec-based network of higher education institutions. The financing aims…

  • By: Staff
  • June 22, 2020 November 11, 2020
  • 07:50

Cadillac Fairview launches app to help shoppers

Cadillac Fairview, the real estate investment arm of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, is launching a mobile app to help people use its shopping centres…

  • By: Staff
  • June 22, 2020 December 6, 2020
  • 07:13
Vopak Terminals staff move from DC to DB pension plan

Vopak Terminals staff move from DC to DB pension plan

As part of a new collective agreement ratified earlier this year, employees at Hamilton, Ont.-based Vopak Terminals have joined the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology…

  • By: Staff
  • June 19, 2020 November 12, 2020
  • 15:15