Staff | September 1, 2020 The British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is investing in an Indian telecommunications tower company alongside Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and its institutional partners. The transaction totals an equity commitment of about US$3.4 billion, with the...
Staff | September 1, 2020 The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions is lifting the temporary freeze on portability transfers for private pension plans. The move reverses the OSFI’s response in March to market volatility caused by the...
Tom Milne | September 1, 2020 How long is your attention span? Be honest and think back to the last time you received an email about your employee benefits and didn’t tune out just a little...
Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press | August 31, 2020 Uber Technologies Inc. is trying to keep its Canadian drivers from joining or starting class-action lawsuits against the company — a move that threatens to upend a...
Staff | August 31, 2020 More than 90 per cent of global public investors have specific environmental, social and governance investment policies in place or are in the process of developing them, according to a...
Kelsey Rolfe | August 31, 2020 In the wake of the pandemic-related market volatility that battered already challenged public sector defined benefit plans in the U.S., a recent paper by New York University’s Stern School of...
Staff | August 28, 2020 More than 2,000 former Foodora Canada couriers will receive compensation for losing their contracts when the food delivery service abruptly exited the Canadian market in mid-May. The $3.46-million settlement between the Canadian...
Staff | August 28, 2020 The U.S. Department of Labor is taking jabs at the inclusion of environmental, social and governance products in capital accumulation plans — and it could be to members’ detriment. In late...
Staff | August 28, 2020 Aon and Willis Towers Watson’s proposed merger has received approval by their respective shareholders. The merger, announced in March, remains subject to customary regulatory and other closing conditions. It’s expected to...
Martha Porado | August 28, 2020 Globally mobile employees may be feeling more discouragement, burnout and stress during the coronavirus pandemic compared to their domestic peers. Indeed, outside of the crisis, expatriate employees are generally...