Top 10 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of 2024
From the unlocking of pension benefits in Nova Scotia to new pay transparency rules in Ontario, stories about pension and employment legislation caught the eyes…
Top Stories in Investments
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
Caisse investing $335M in U.S. real estate manager, Ontario Teachers’ leading US$100M funding of mineral exploration firm
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is investing $335 million in TerraPact, a U.S.-based firm that owns and operates ground leases and rights of…
- By: Staff
- December 19, 2024 December 20, 2024
- 11:00
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
59% of global institutional investors haven’t discussed AI with investment managers: report
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
- December 19, 2024 December 16, 2024
- 11:00
Investment management fees for open-end real assets funds as high as 20%: report
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 December 18, 2024
- 15:00
Frank Su departing CPPIB for private equity role at Abu Dhabi Pension Fund
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has confirmed the departure of Frank Su as managing director and head of Asian private equity, effective immediately. In…
- By: Staff
- December 17, 2024 December 16, 2024
- 09:00
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
Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week
An article about the National Institute on Ageing’s report on missing pension plan members was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the…
- By: Staff
- December 13, 2024 December 12, 2024
- 09:00
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
Head to head: Should Canadian pension funds be incentivized to invest domestically?
While both experts point to the obligation of the pension promise, one argues that many pension funds are already overweight in Canadian allocations, while the…
- By: Benefits Canada
- December 13, 2024 December 12, 2024
- 08:58
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
OMERS facing first governance review in more than 10 years
An independent review of the Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System will examine the unique governance structure of the investment organization. The current structure of the…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- December 12, 2024 December 12, 2024
- 11:00
CPPIB selling stake in European real estate joint venture, OMERS buying majority stake in U.S. IT company
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is selling a portion of its stake in a real estate joint venture to its partner Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE. The…
- By: Staff
- December 11, 2024 December 6, 2024
- 15:00
Editorial: Prioritizing plan sponsor perspectives
The weather is shifting, with the wet November wind blowing away the crisp October sunshine. While this time of year is characterized by the change…
- By: Jennifer Paterson
- November 15, 2024 November 13, 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
38% of U.S. institutional investors incorporating ESG into investment decisions: survey
Roughly two-fifths (38 per cent) of U.S. institutional investors say they incorporate environmental, social and governance factors into investment decisions, according to a new survey…
- By: Staff
- November 14, 2024 November 12, 2024
- 11:00
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
Top 5 HR, benefits, pension and investment stories of the week
An article on the impact of Canadian pension income on federal and provincial tax revenues was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here…
- By: Staff
- December 6, 2024 December 5, 2024
- 09:00
High-speed rail project could signal increased domestic infrastructure investments by institutional investors: expert
A proposed high-speed rail project in Canada could open the doors to more infrastructure development using institutional investors’ capital, says Iftikhar Ahmed, global head of…
- By: Staff
- December 5, 2024 December 4, 2024
- 11:00
Institutional investors urged to examine AI integration beyond productivity: CPPIB
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is asking fellow institutional investors to consider the impact of artificial intelligence in investees’ labour patterns beyond a productivity…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- December 3, 2024 December 2, 2024
- 11:00
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
UN’s Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance reports more institutional investors adopting intermediate decarbonization targets
The United Nations’ Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance is reporting that 81 of its institutional investor members, representing combined assets under management of US$9.4 trillion, have…
- By: Staff
- November 14, 2024 November 11, 2024
- 09:00
Canadian sustainability investment standards to launch in December
The Canadian edition of an international set of sustainability investment disclosure standards will be officially released in December, according to the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board.…
- By: Staff
- November 11, 2024 November 11, 2024
- 15:00
World’s 100 largest asset owners’ AUM up 12.3% in 2023: report
The assets under management of the world’s 100 largest asset owners totalled US$26.3 trillion as of the end of 2023, up 12.3 per cent from…
- By: Staff
- December 5, 2024 December 4, 2024
- 09:00
Canadian fixed income yields de-coupling from U.S. market performance: report
Canadian fixed income yields are de-coupling from a sharp rise seen in the U.S. market, according to a new report from FTSE Russell. Despite a…
- By: Staff
- November 25, 2024 November 25, 2024
- 15:00
Ratio of asset value to benefit obligation up 1.2% for Canadian DB pension plans in Q3 2024: report
The ratio of the market value of assets to the projected benefit obligation for a hypothetical benchmark plan changed little for global defined benefit pension…
- By: Staff
- November 12, 2024 November 7, 2024
- 11:00
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
OMERS, UPP plan members to receive full inflation protection in 2025
The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System is reporting inflation adjustment of 2.61 per cent, providing plan members with full inflation protection in 2025. The adjustment…
- By: Staff
- December 5, 2024 December 6, 2024
- 15:00
HOOPP appointing Annesley Wallace as president, CEO
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan is appointing Annesley Wallace as president and chief executive officer, effective April 1, 2025. She succeeds Jeff Wendling, who…
- By: Staff
- December 3, 2024 December 2, 2024
- 11:00
The Calgary Foundation using alternatives to push beyond its comfort zone
In the years following the 2008/09 financial crisis, Dan Langlois realized the allocation strategy for the Calgary Foundation’s endowment portfolio needed a significant adjustment if…
- By: Bryan McGovern
- November 15, 2024 November 13, 2024
- 08:54
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