Martha Porado | August 12, 2019 Two organizations representing Canadian pensioners are asking the British Columbia government to reject the recommendations of a recent report by the Ministry of Finance that suggests lowering required pension...
You have all the plans defined for starting your new business. The only thing that remains is to secure the money needed to launch the business and get you through that first year of...
Staff | August 7, 2019 The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and Australian superannuation fund AustralianSuper are investing up to US$1 billion each in the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund of India’s master fund. The agreement includes US$250 million...
Staff | July 26, 2019 Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. is appointing Alan Bartlett as chief investment officer of its global equity group. When he begins the new role in October, Bartlett will replace Norm Boersma, the group’s CIO since...
Staff | July 25, 2019 Mercer Canada has appointed Myriam Bélanger as a principal advisor on its health team. Based in the organization’s Montreal office, she’ll be responsible for managing group benefits plans of various sizes and structure. With more than 10...
Kelsey Rolfe | July 25, 2019 The federal government has reached a tentative settlement on multiple class action lawsuits filed by current and former female and male members of the Canadian Armed Forces and Department of National Defence...
Martha Porado | July 22, 2019 Institutional portfolios have been tilted towards growth assets as they’ve reached for higher returns during the bull market of the last decade. But as the business cycle continues to stretch, it’s...
Martha Porado | July 17, 2019 Support staff for the Prairie South School Division in Moose Jaw, Sask. have voted overwhelmingly in favour of job action, up to a full withdrawal of services, when the school year starts again....
Gerry Wahl | July 12, 2019 Inflation must be taken into account when designing both plan sponsor and government retirement programs because, over time, it will undermine purchasing power. In terms of recruiting and retaining employees, workplace...
Staff | July 11, 2019 The majority of Canadian capital accumulation plan members said they’re confident in their understanding of how to optimize their income in retirement, according to Benefits Canada‘s 2019 CAP Member Survey. Across all survey respondents, 63...