Benefits | February 12th, 2026 Most DB Plans Intend to Lower Risk—Not Terminate Plan sponsors can de-risk by shrinking liabilities and outsourcing investment management, Aon reported.
Opinions | October 7th, 2025 The Retirement Income Strategy Hiding in Plain Sight An effective way to turn savings into lifetime income is enabling retiring participants to roll DC assets into an existing...
Benefits | October 1st, 2025 Amid Higher Funded Status, Pension Plans Consider Their Options Due to a ‘normalized’ yield curve and strong investment performance, plan sponsors can consider de-risking or using surpluses for other...
Benefits | October 1st, 2025 Bucking the Trend: Employers Committed to Their DB Benefits Recruitment and retention benefits are often cited as the reason a company or government continues to provide a pension.
Benefits | October 1st, 2025 DB Plans: A Case Study Consultants share what they see driving their clients’ defined benefit plan decisionmaking.
Benefits | September 15th, 2025 NIRS: Don’t Rule Out DB Options for Gen Z, Millennials A paper from the National Institute on Retirement Security debunked the myth that younger generations’ job-hopping means they are uninterested...
Data and Research | September 8th, 2025 World’s Largest Pension Funds Top 2021 Record North America accounted for 47.2% of all assets, with more than half located in the U.S.
Benefits | August 22nd, 2025 NCPERS Announces NextGen Competition Winner The winning proposal centered on selling vacant lots in Chicago to generate revenue and drive long-term fiscal sustainability for public...
Benefits | August 19th, 2025 PRT Volume Declines in H1 2025 Legal & General Retirement America projected $11 billion in pension risk transfer deals through the first six months of 2025,...
Benefits | August 13th, 2025 NCPERS, University of Chicago Announce NextGen Pension Competition Students from the Harris School of Public Policy will offer their best solutions to improve the quality and sustainability of...
Data and Research | July 29th, 2025 DC Plans Skeptical Participants Are Saving Enough for Retirement A Thinking Ahead Institute study found that 60% of global defined contribution organizations consider retirement income a top issue.
Benefits | July 16th, 2025 Best Practices for Tackling DB Challenges The maturing defined benefit industry offers meaningful retirement security but requires oversight and governance, according to October Three.
Administration | June 3rd, 2025 PRT Cost Drops in April as Discount Rates Rose The competitively bid price of transferring retiree assets dropped to an estimated 101.1% of a plan’s accumulated benefit obligation.
Data and Research | May 6th, 2025 Largest Corporate Pension Funds Move Into Funding Surpluses There are 12 plans reporting a funding ratio greater than 125%, according to Milliman’s 2025 U.S. corporate pension funding study.
Compliance | April 7th, 2025 DOL Offers Guidance on Annual Funding Notice Requirements The regulator addressed confusion resulting from ERISA-related questions that arose after passage of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022.
Deals and People | February 18th, 2025 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Agilis Partners Agilis Partners will be known as Gallagher.
Compliance | January 7th, 2025 PBGC Names Anne Henderson as New Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate Henderson, on January 12, will succeed Constance Donovan, who retired in August after 11 years.
Benefits | January 6th, 2025 Research Quantifies the Broad Economic Impact of Pension Payments Public and private sector defined benefit pension fund payments added $224.3 billion in tax revenue to the U.S. economy in...
Benefits | October 28th, 2024 Retirement Benefits Remain a Sticking Point in Boeing Strike Union workers are seeking a 40% pay increase and the restoration of the company’s defined benefit pension plan, which has...
Investing | October 14th, 2024 Most Corporate Pensions Saw Funding Dip in September The majority of pension trackers reported that strong equity markets could not offset a rise in liabilities.