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| Data and Research |
| SOA Review Shows Positive Funding Picture for DB Plans |
| Using the smoothed assets as allowed and smoothed bond rates require by current law to discount the liability, the 2014 total funding target liability for single-employer DB plans of $1.9 trillion was 98% funded, the Society of Actuaries (SOA) found.Read more > |
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| Administration |
| Multiemployer Plans Have Hope and a Future |
| We’ve all seen the headlines: The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) multiemployer plan program is running out of money because it is helping so many plans, and a number of multiemployer plans have asked the Treasury for permission to reduce benefits under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA). But, according to Zane Dalal, executive vice president of Benefit Programs Administration (BPA), who is based in Los Angeles, the industry needs to take a balanced view.Read more > |
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| Benefits |
| Continuing Public Pension Reforms Could Hurt the Economy |
| A report from the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) suggests that if public pension plan reforms continue, it will result in economic losses. The conference contends that lawmakers do not understand how public pensions work.Read more > |
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| Administration |
| There Is No Single 'Right' Measurement for DB Plan Funding |
| The purpose of the measurement determines which number is “right,” according to the American Academy of Actuaries.Read more > |
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| Investing |
| The Case for Long-Horizon Investing in DB Plans |
| Long-horizon investing can generate up to a 1.5% premium on returns, according to a Willis Towers Watson study that modeled pension plan investment practices.Read more > |
