Morneau Shepell announced Aug. 27 that it has purchased several buy-in annuity contracts for the Stelco Inc. Retirement Plan for Salaried Employees at Hamilton Works. The aim of the deal, valued at $885 million,...
Brooke Shields succeeds racecar driver Danica Patrick as the face of Life Insurance Awareness Month. Life Happens was so pleased with racecar driver and personality Danica Patrick as the face of its annual 2017...
Staff | August 28, 2019 In its capacity as plan administrator, Morneau Shepell Ltd. purchased several buy-in annuity contracts for the Stelco Inc. pension plan in July. The goals of the transaction are to preserve the favourable financial position...
Gold Bars 1000 grams. Concept of wealth and reserve. Martha Porado | August 28, 2019 During the past decade’s bull market, gold has been largely off the radar for institutional investors. But as key bond...
New SMA Blog by Karen Pauli, Principal, Strategy Meets Action — Our digital world has changed many things in a blink of an eye, it seems. I don’t need to remind you. There are...
Canada Life believes the move to a one-product shelf has strengthened its position in the industry and given more advisors more choice. In April, the company announced plans to amalgamate three insurers, Great-West Life,...
Life insurance settlements can offer a compelling solution for policyholders who need quick access to cash. But in certain instances, a straight cash offer isn’t the best way to address the need for liquidity...
For Canadian health policy experts, the problem of drug shortages is certainly not new; neither are calls for an investigation into its causes. But as Canadian patients make plans to visit warmer climes this...
Five pharmaceutical companies have filed a complaint in Quebec’s Superior Court questioning the constitutionality of new Canadian regulations that the federal government set up to lower patented drug prices. The filing was advanced last...
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced today that it is considering settlement agreements with both the Royal Bank of Canada and with the Toronto-Dominion Bank, concerning allegations that the bank’s foreign exchange (FX) traders...