CPPIB sells 2.78% stake in India logistics firm
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is selling 2.78 per cent of its stake in India-based supply chain and logistics operator Delhivery Ltd. The total…
- By: Staff
- May 1, 2024 May 1, 2024
- 15:00
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Funded ratio of 100 largest U.S. corporate DB pension plans declines to 98.4% in fiscal 2023: report
The funded ratio of U.S. corporate defined benefit pension plans declined to 98.5 per cent in fiscal 2023 from 99.4 per cent in 2022, according…
- By: Staff
- May 1, 2024 April 30, 2024
- 09:00
Expert panel: Have hedge funds budged on hurdle rates?
Even though it has been two years since the U.S. Federal Reserve started rapidly hiking interest rates, hedge fund managers aren’t more likely to have…
- By: Les Marton
- April 30, 2024 April 29, 2024
- 11:00
Public meeting in Edmonton attracts hundreds amid talk of province’s CPP withdrawal
Hundreds of Albertans turned out for a meeting in Edmonton last week to hear officials from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board discuss the state…
- By: Staff
- April 30, 2024 April 29, 2024
- 09:00
Survey finds 95% of U.S. public pension funds employ investment consultants
More than 95 per cent of U.S. public pension funds employ at least one investment consultant, according to a new survey by Coalition Greenwich. The…
- By: Staff
- April 26, 2024 April 26, 2024
- 15:45
73% of OPB plan members want ESG considerations included in investment decisions: survey
Roughly seven in 10 (73 per cent) Ontario Pension Board plan members believe environmental, social and governance factors should play a critical role in the…
- By: Staff
- April 25, 2024 April 24, 2024
- 09:00
WISE Trust returns 7.9% in 2023, net assets increase to $4 billion
The Workplace Insurance and Safety Employees Trust generated a net return of 7.9 per cent in 2023, with net assets reaching $4 billion, up from…
- By: Staff
- April 23, 2024 April 23, 2024
- 15:00
Expert panel: How institutional investors are adapting to a post-pandemic global economy
Renowned American businessman and investor Charlie Munger once said, “You have to keep learning if you want to become a great investor. When the world…
- By: George Athanassakos
- April 23, 2024 April 22, 2024
- 09:00
Average funded ratio of Canadian DB pension plans up 7% in Q1 2024: report
The funded ratio of the average Canadian defined benefit pension plan, excluding the effect of asset smoothing, reached 124 per cent as at March 31,…
- By: Staff
- April 23, 2024 April 22, 2024
- 09:00
AIMCo returns 6.9% in 2023, driven by equities, fixed income
The Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s total fund generated a net return of 6.9 per cent in 2023, 1.8 percentage points below its 8.7 per cent benchmark.…
- By: Staff
- April 22, 2024 April 23, 2024
- 15:00
Ontario Teachers’ considers selling seniors’ residence operator, Ivanhoé Cambridge forms Australian student housing joint venture
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is considering selling Amica Senior Lifestyles in a deal that could be worth $5 billion, according to report by Bloomberg. The…
- By: Staff
- April 19, 2024 April 18, 2024
- 15:00
Virtual-only meetings erode shareholder democracy: institutional investor group
A group of institutional investors is voicing concerns about the rise of virtual-only shareholder meetings they say risk eroding shareholder democracy. In an open letter…
- By: The Canadian Press
- April 19, 2024 April 19, 2024
- 11:30
Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week
A story on how Organon Canada is supporting women employees at every stage of their career was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com. Here are the top…
- By: Staff
- April 19, 2024 April 18, 2024
- 09:00
Diverse-managed funds receiving smaller allocations from U.S. institutional investors: report
While U.S. institutional investors have slightly increased their allocations to diverse-managed funds, more than 95 per cent of their capital commitments remain concentrated in non-diverse…
- By: Staff
- January 8, 2025 January 8, 2025
- 15:00
Effective AI integration requires customization effort from pension plan sponsors: report
User personalization and an ease-of-use approach are key in the adoption of artificial intelligence technology tools by pension plan sponsors, according to a new report…
- By: Staff
- January 7, 2025 January 7, 2025
- 09:00
CPPIB selling China real estate portfolio for $235 million, investing in global software provider
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is selling a 49 per cent stake in a portfolio of China real estate projects for nearly $235 million. The…
- By: Staff
- January 6, 2025 January 3, 2025
- 15:00
Amazon facing lawsuit over use of forfeited 401(k) funds, potential violation of ERISA
Amazon.com is facing a lawsuit that claims the company violated U.S. federal law by using nearly US$350 million in forfeited 401(k) funds to offset the company’s…
- By: Staff
- January 10, 2025 January 9, 2025
- 09:00
Expert panel: Building a more effective pension system for Canada’s private sector workers
According to Statistics Canada, 80 per cent of Canadian public sector workers benefit from a respectable, life-long pension. However, for many private sector employees the…
- By: Sebastien Betermier
- December 19, 2024 December 20, 2024
- 11:00
Editorial: Challenges and opportunities amid an increasingly imbalanced generational divide
The keynote session at Benefits Canada’s 2024 Defined Contribution Investment Forum warned that the failure to plan for the ‘boomer bulge’ is affecting private and…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- December 13, 2024 December 12, 2024
- 08:59
Canadian equities, fixed income to deliver stable performance in 2025 amid potential economic headwinds: report
Expected economic headwinds in Canada won’t prevent strong results from equities and fixed income in 2025, according to a new report by the Royal Bank…
- By: Staff
- December 11, 2024 December 10, 2024
- 09:00
Global pension plan sponsors’ assets reach US$63.1 trillion in 2023, offset by decrease in equities: report
While global pension plan sponsors’ assets grew by 10 per cent to reach US$63.1 trillion in 2023, this value is still five per cent lower…
- By: Staff
- December 4, 2024 December 3, 2024
- 09:00
Average funded status of Ontario DB pension plans at 121% in Q3 2024: report
The average funded position of defined benefit pension plans in Ontario was 121 per cent in the third quarter of 2024, down just two per…
- By: Staff
- November 28, 2024 November 27, 2024
- 09:00
Expert panel: Regulatory guidelines, geopolitical risk impacting pension plan sponsors in 2025
With the start of a new year, there are several developments and trends that will likely impact Canadian pension plan sponsors in 2025. Implementation of…
- By: Gavin Benjamin
- January 6, 2025 January 6, 2025
- 09:00
OPTrust reduces financed emissions intensity by 11% compared to 2022: report
The OPSEU Pension Trust has reduced its financed emissions intensity by 11 per cent when compared to 2022, according to the investment organization’s latest climate…
- By: Staff
- December 20, 2024 December 19, 2024
- 15:00
Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week
An article on the federal government’s decision to transfer a $1.9 billion public pension surplus to general revenue was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this…
- By: Staff
- December 20, 2024 December 19, 2024
- 09:00
Making sustainable investments count at five New York City pension funds
Brad Lander is advocating for public pension funds to enforce their responsible investment mandates even if that pits them against their partners. As New York…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- December 13, 2024 December 12, 2024
- 08:55
Canadian institutional investors’ responsible investments reach $4.5 trillion: report
Responsible investments account for 71 per cent of the total assets under management by Canadian institutional investors, according to a new report from the Responsible…
- By: Staff
- November 26, 2024 November 26, 2024
- 09:00
2024 Top 40 Money Managers Report: To divest or engage?
With 15 different client organizations, including nine public sector pension plans, the Alberta Investment Management Corp. has opted to engage, rather than divest, from certain…
- By: Blake Wolfe
- November 15, 2024 November 22, 2024
- 08:57
Feds’ report dismisses Alberta’s CPP entitlement, offers formula to calculate potential exit: expert
While it doesn’t contain an exact figure, the federal government’s official rebuttal to a 2023 report — which argued Alberta is entitled to more than…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 9, 2025 January 8, 2025
- 11:00
59% of global institutional investors haven’t discussed AI with investment managers: survey
More than half (59 per cent) of global institutional investors have yet to discuss artificial intelligence with their managers, according to a new survey from…
- By: Staff
- January 2, 2025 January 2, 2025
- 15:00
Report finds investment management fees for open-end real assets funds as high as 20%
Investment management fees for open-end real assets funds can reach as high as 20 per cent, while median fees cost institutional investors either 10 per…
- By: Staff
- December 18, 2024 January 1, 2025
- 15:00
Financial market regulators establish committee to implement total cost reporting plan
The Joint Forum of Financial Market Regulators is establishing a committee to help implement its total cost reporting plan. The plan aims to increase investor…
- By: Staff
- December 15, 2023 December 15, 2023
- 15:00
Men more likely than women to report reduced stress due to financial wellness programs: survey
More than a quarter (28 per cent) of male employees in the U.S. report a reduction in their stress levels due to their employer’s financial…
- By: Staff
- September 25, 2023 September 22, 2023
- 09:00
Alberta deserves more than half CPP assets if it exits program: report
A report commissioned by the Alberta government estimates the province would be entitled to more than half the assets of the Canada Pension Plan if it…
- By: The Canadian Press, with files from staff
- September 22, 2023 September 21, 2023
- 09:00
FSRA monitoring target-benefit framework, pension risks in 2025
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario is closely monitoring administrative risk and pension plan sponsors’ geopolitical concerns in 2025, says Andrew Fung, the organization’s…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- January 2, 2025 January 2, 2025
- 11:00
Institutional investors increasingly eyeing private assets amid shifting interest rates, diversification push: report
Evolving expectations, a shifting interest rate environment and the need to manage increasingly large asset bases for performance and for national and societal impact are…
- By: Staff
- December 16, 2024 December 16, 2024
- 14:45
Ottawa to remove 30% investment cap for Canadian pension funds
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says today’s fall economic statement will remove the cap that currently restricts Canadian pension funds from owning more than 30 per…
- By: The Canadian Press
- December 13, 2024 December 16, 2024
- 14:30
2024 DC Investment Forum: Three tips for picking the right target-date fund
With defined contribution pension plan assets expected to double in the near term and members now using target-date funds at “unprecedented” rates, plan sponsors need…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- November 6, 2024 October 30, 2024
- 07:57
2024 DC Investment Forum: Investing in appropriate TDFs can lead to higher than average account balances
The majority of Canadian defined contribution plan members are invested in the appropriate target-date fund vintage and those who are may be better prepared for…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- November 6, 2024 October 30, 2024
- 07:56
2024 DC Investment Forum: New decumulation product combining income predictability with capital availability
Pension plan members’ primary concerns about their golden years are whether they’ve saved enough money to live their dream retirement, whether those funds will last…
- By: Kelsey Rolfe
- November 6, 2024 October 31, 2024
- 07:54