Tag: defined benefit plans

It is critical to choose the right investments and managers.

A U.S. District Judge's decision suggests pension plan sponsors should periodically review the reasonableness of actuarial assumptions used to calculate...

Plans with the greatest exposure to equities will generally see the largest funded status declines, according to River and Mercantile.

Lawsuits continue to be filed across the United States that accuse large, well-known employers of using severely outdated mortality data...

Cash balance plans may have the most complex liabilities to manage, but creating a clear strategy to manage risks will...

Much of the settlement value is tied into a new pension funding formula Berkshire Hathaway will use for certain employees...

Respondents to an NCPERS survey shared success stories, strategies for reducing liabilities and “other” investments they use.

This is the third pension risk transfer action the company has implemented.

Premiums have gone up, and the agency says it has simplified reporting requirements for risk transfer activities.

Plan sponsors will need to consider whether in 2020, as in 2019, stock market returns will be great enough to...

Ryan McGlothlin and Michael Clark, with River and Mercantile, say it’s imperative to first understand the nature of future cash...

The media company has asked for legislative relief and is in discussions with the PBGC about a distress termination of...

The agency says the third six-year remedial amendment cycle for pre-approved defined benefit (DB) plans begins on May 1, 2020,...

Recent studies find 401(k)s have increased retirement savings gaps among demographic groups, and those in 401(k)s have not met their...

The PBGC has issued a final rule regarding pension plans undergoing distress or involuntary termination, and the OSFI has released...

Though down for the year, DB plan sponsors have seen upticks in funded status for three straight months, and sources...

Michael Barry, president of O3 Plan Advisory Services LLC, discusses how interest rate “stabilization” is still needed in this era...

They favor active management, most have turned to private markets, and nearly half are using scenario analysis to prepare portfolios...

About three-quarters of plans surveyed by NEPC with a funded status of 90% or higher have utilized liability-driven investing (LDI).