Latest news in DB

Ménard Releases new report on the state of the Canada Pension Plan

Latest CPP additions to cost $900 million by 2050, says Canada's chief actuary.

May 3, 2018 January 20, 2021
12:26

OPTrust puts pension certainty first

CIO James Davis on how his pension fund has changed.

By: Caroline Cakebread
March 13, 2018 January 20, 2021
13:58

The failure of risk models

Coverage of the 2017 Risk Management Conference.

By: Caroline Cakebread
February 22, 2018 January 20, 2021
10:17

DB solvency ratios inch up: FSCO

1 in 4 plans now have more than 100% solvency

February 13, 2018 January 20, 2021
11:40

CPPIB part of group taking stake in Thomson Reuters financial, risk business

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is taking part in a consortium set to enter a partnership agreement with Thomson Reuters Corp. The consortium, led…

By: Staff
February 1, 2018 December 4, 2020
09:33

Caisse invests in Quebec insurance company, takes stake in French engineering firm

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec has completed the previously announced $150 million financing of La Capitale Financial Group. The transaction will provide the Quebec-based company…

By: Staff
December 21, 2017 January 20, 2021
16:00

Caisse invests in UK insurer

Pension fund puts more than $507 million into Hyperion.

December 5, 2017 January 20, 2021
09:22

Caisse investing $507 million in British insurance company

The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing more than $507 million in British insurer Hyperion Insurance Group Ltd. The investment will provide new…

By: Staff
December 4, 2017 January 20, 2021
20:04

Machin: “I’m worried that everything is expensive.”

Stretched valuation concern CPPIB head

By: Jennifer Paterson
November 21, 2017 January 31, 2021
08:40

Ontario makes ‘significant step’ with new bill addressing missing members, discharges

The Ontario government has introduced a bill that, if passed, will enact several changes to the Pension Benefits Act. “This is a significant step,” says Stephanie…

By: Martha Porado
November 16, 2017 January 20, 2021
11:17

OPTrust to divest from tobacco industry in 2018

Safe tobacco consumption not possible says CEO O'Reilly

November 9, 2017 January 20, 2021
13:14

Solvency rates in Canada top 100%

DB pension solvency reaches highest level in 15 years: Aon Hewitt

November 7, 2017 January 20, 2021
13:55

DB pension solvency reaches highest level in 15 years: Aon Hewitt

The median solvency ratio for Canadian defined benefit plans rose to 100.7 per cent in October as equity markets continued to rally, according to Aon Hewitt’s monthly…

By: Staff
November 6, 2017 January 20, 2021
14:36

DB plans see boost from Canadian equities amid modest performance in third quarter

Canadian defined benefit pension plans experienced a modest third quarter, according to separate reports by BNY Mellon Asset Management Canada Ltd. and Northern Trust Corp.…

By: Staff
November 2, 2017 January 20, 2021
08:45

Bergeron: The Caisse post-ABCP

Our interview with Claude Bergeron shows the Caisse breaking down silos.

By: Scott Blythe
October 26, 2017 January 31, 2021
08:36

Letter to pension plans: Why your fund should be free of tobacco investments

Would you invest in companies whose product kills seven million people every year, costs society $2 trillion annually in medical expenses, uses child labour in…

By: Keith Ambachtsheer
October 11, 2017 January 20, 2021
20:05

Solvency position up again in third quarter

DB plans see third consecutive quarter of increased solvency levels.

October 3, 2017 January 20, 2021
10:56

Workers occupy Ontario aerospace plant over pension shortfall

Unifor members from Northstar Aerospace’s Milton, Ont., operations are occupying the plant and halting production in a dispute over a 24 per cent shortfall in staff…

August 10, 2017 January 20, 2021
10:11