Staff | April 21, 2020 Morneau Shepell Ltd. and fitness app Lift are partnering to add artificial intelligence-based fitness programs and live coaches to Morneau Shepell’s LifeWorks well-being platform. Through the platform, plan members will be able to...
Staff | April 21, 2020 Equitable Life Insurance Co. of Canada is offering premium relief for all of its traditional and myFlex group plans for health and dental benefits. Since many health practitioners have closed their offices...
Jean-Daniel Côté | April 21, 2020 In this time of pandemic, a lot has been shared about the woes of defined benefit pension plans, but members of capital accumulation plans are also feeling the impact, even though...
Staff | April 20, 2020 The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System is appointing Bob Aziz as its new chief operating officer and Michael Kelly as its chief legal and corporate affairs officer. In the new role, effective April 20,...
Kelsey Rolfe | April 20, 2020 While equity markets took substantial hits as the coronavirus pandemic arrived in North America, technology and health-care companies have performed well and are set to be long-term winners for institutional investors. “A lot of...
Staff | April 17, 2020 The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan are purchasing 40 per cent of the shares of Impulsora del Desarrollo y el Empleo en América Latina, a Mexican...
Jennifer Paterson | April 17, 2020 Before the coronavirus pandemic, 20 per cent of BMO Financial Group’s 45,000 employees were working from home on a fairly regular basis. Since March, that’s jumped to 80 per cent. “We...
Staff | April 17, 2020 The Canada Life Assurance Co. is cutting its health insurance premiums for its employer-sponsored benefits plans to support small- and medium-sized businesses facing hardship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. “We...
Staff | April 17, 2020 The federal government is halting solvency special payments for federally regulated defined benefit pension plans until the end of 2020. The moratorium on payments under the Pension Benefits Standards Act is aimed at ensuring that...
Staff | April 17, 2020 The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is making a number of personnel changes as part of its response to the economic challenges. “At the beginning of the year, it...