Alethea Spiridon | October 4, 2019 While employers want workplace cultures that make employees feel good and included, gauging and quantifying that experience can be difficult. Toronto-based company Receptiviti Inc. is aiming to help employers create and...
Staff | October 4, 2019 Two more organizations are joining the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan’s DBplus. The University of Saskatchewan and Federated Colleges Non-Academic Pension Plan, represented by the Canadian Union of...
Cassandra Williamson-Hopp | October 4, 2019 For institutional investors looking at farmland, various strategies are available that span a range of asset classes, from real assets to private equity to venture capital, said Bernice Miedzinski, president...
Staff | October 3, 2019 SSQ Life Insurance Co. Inc. is adding pharmacogenetic testing to its group insurance offering. Pharmacogenetic testing helps determine how a person’s DNA reacts to prescription drugs, which makes it easier for...
Staff | October 3, 2019 The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is taking over Webster Ltd., an Australian agribusiness company, for A$854 million. While the PSP already owns 19.1 per cent of Webster’s ordinary shares, its subsidiary PSP...
Staff | October 3, 2019 The funded ratio of public pension plans in the U.S. has edged up slightly to 73 per cent in fiscal year 2018, but has been largely flat for several years and...
Staff | October 3, 2019 The majority (85 per cent) of global investment professionals said responsible investing is at least somewhat important to their organization, up from 68 per cent in 2018, according to a new...
Staff | October 3, 2019 Nearly a year since the legalization of recreational cannabis, most Canadians said it’s hasn’t had an impact at work in terms of health and safety (75 per cent), productivity (74 per...
Staff | October 2, 2019 The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is launching a venture incubator called Koru, which aims to create, test and build scalable new digital businesses. “Koru is a clear demonstration of Ontario Teachers’ partnership model of...
Staff | October 2, 2019 Hub International Ltd. is acquiring Saskatoon-based Regency Advisory Corp., an employee benefits consulting firm. “We continue to build on our efforts to add talented organizations like Regency to boost our employee benefits and pension...