The Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan is reporting a 15.2 per cent net return at the end of 2024. The investment organization’s total assets under management increased to $23.3 billion in 2024, compared to $20.1 billion in 2023. Read: CAAT returns 9.5% for 2023, led by global, emerging market equities In a […]
Donna Mathieu, vice-president and chief financial officer at NAV Canada, is retiring, effective Oct. 31, 2025. She joined NAV Canada in 2003 and became CFO in January 2022 following progressively senior roles. During her time at the organization, she provided executive leadership and direction to NAV Canada’s finance department, overseeing the company’s pension plan and […]
An article on how incoming health-care legislation could impact plan sponsors’ virtual care offerings was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. How national health-care legislation could impact benefits plan sponsors’ virtual care offerings 2. Labatt attracting, […]
The union representing roughly 500 employees at General Dynamics Land Systems Canada in London, Ont. has ratified a new three-year contract that includes pension and benefits gains. The agreement provides increased employer contributions to the defined benefit pension plan, including an additional $1 for production employees and an additional $1.20 for skilled trades workers in […]
The Canada-Wide Industrial Pension Plan is reporting a return of 10.9 per cent for 2024, down slightly from 11.7 per cent in 2023. It also reported five- and 10-year annualized returns of eight per cent and 8.3 per cent, respectively, with assets of roughly $900 million. As of its last actuarial valuation on Jan. 1, […]
The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is reporting a net return of 9.4 per cent for 2024, up from 1.9 per cent in 2023, according to its latest annual report. The investment organization underperformed its benchmark return of 12.9 per cent, equivalent to $7.6 billion in negative value add. Its net assets grew to $266.3 billion, […]
The Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System is appointing Alexander Fraser as executive vice-president and global head of private equity, effective March 17. He’ll succeed Michael Graham, who retired from the position earlier this year, and will oversee the OMERS’ global private equity business, which manages roughly $27.5 billion in assets. Most recently, Fraser was a […]
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan is reporting a 9.7 per cent return as at Dec. 31, 2024, with net assets increasing to $123 billion, up from $112.6 billion in 2023. Public equities (17.9 per cent) and private equities (17.9 per cent) accounted for the highest returns in 2024 within the HOOP’s portfolio. Infrastructure (12.3 […]
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario is promoting the importance of retirement planning and the value of a workplace pension on the third anniversary of Pension Awareness Day taking place today Feb. 20. In an emailed statement to Benefits Canada, Andrew Fung, executive vice-president of pensions at the FSRA, said he’s proud that more […]
An article on the Benefits Alliance’s 2025 priorities was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this past week. Here are the top five human resources, benefits, pension and investment stories of the last week: 1. Pharmacare, access to virtual health care among priorities for Benefits Alliance in 2025 2. Costco defends its diversity policies as other U.S. companies […]
aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmVuZWZpdHNjYW5hZGEuY29tL3RhZy9kZWZpbmVkLWJlbmVmaXQtcGVuc2lvbi1wbGFuLw(U2NyZWVuSGVpZ2h0)NzIw(U2NyZWVuV2lkdGg)MTI4MA(T0ZTWVNfUmVmZXJyZXI)(dmlzaXRvcktleQ)R1VWOGVQSXI(dmlzaXRLZXk)RDZ5ZlMzNlI){kind=small}