Staff | June 1, 2020 The Patented Medicine Prices Review Board will publish a new draft of its guidelines on June 15, followed by a written consultation period for 30 days. As a result, the amended regulations will be...
Staff | June 1, 2020 While real assets have traditionally served institutional investors well during times of economic stress, the ramifications of the coronavirus pandemic are starting to take their toll in some places. In...
Kelsey Rolfe | June 1, 2020 The Ontario government is giving health-care providers, including dentists, massage therapists, optometrists and psychologists, the green light to gradually reopen their practices. The order from the province’s chief medical officer of health also...
Staff | May 29, 2020 The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada is nominating three candidates for upcoming independent director positions on its board. The nominees — Malcolm Heins, Jennifer Newman and Laura Tamblyn Watts — will be subject...
Martha Porado | May 29, 2020 In the group benefits world, the first rumblings of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic came when plan sponsors started asking, as early as January, about their travel insurance provisions....
Staff | May 29, 2020 The Association of Canadian Pension Management’s Alberta regional council is highlighting the need for “made-in-Alberta” measures focused on pension plan sponsors, administrators and members due to the financial impact of the...
Sun Life and RBC Insurance maintained their spots as the top two companies by market share spots in 2019, but the competition is heating up, the report noted. Brookfield Annuity overtook the Bank of Montreal to...
Staff | May 28, 2020 Mawer Asset Management Ltd. is appointing Crista Caughlin as lead manager of Canadian bond, global bond and Canadian money market strategies. Caughlin, who joined Mawer in May, will take over in July from...
Kelsey Rolfe | May 28, 2020 The union representing more than 200,000 Canadian public sector employees says the Public Sector Pension Investment Board’s investment in a for-profit, long-term care provider is inconsistent with its fiduciary and legal obligations...
Staff | May 28, 2020 Sun Life is making a mental-health navigator available to plan members, aiming to help them find support during the coronavirus pandemic. The navigator, provided by Teladoc Health Inc.’s Best Doctors, connects plan members...