Tag: Defined Benefit (DB)

The combination of increasing annual PBGC premiums and the low rate environment make borrowing to fund a very attractive potential...

PBGC says its legal authority for this action comes from legislation about inflation adjustment of civil penalties.

While retirement industry regulators have been busy, not much has come out of Congress affecting retirement plans, but that may...

Dean Aloise with Xerox HR Services shares actions DB and DC plan sponsors should take due to the recent market...

Data from several providers indicate U.S. corporate pension plans’ funded status fell in April.

Corporate ERISA plans had the best performance in the quarter.

The court found the employer, not the participant, had access to key information to prove the participant was entitled to...

Delegated investment management can materially benefit pension plans looking to add to their investment decision-making capabilities, the firm says.

GEAM serves corporate and public retirement plan sponsors, foundations, endowments, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies.

Many plan sponsors have used annuity purchases for their qualified DB plans to ensure participants’ benefits are protected from market...

Retirement accounts held the bulk of target-date mutual fund assets as of the end of 2015.

A federal appellate court found that the benefit offset used by a defined benefit plan administrator was correct.

A federal appellate court has found that the DB plan offered by Advocate Health Care Network does not qualify as...

“I don’t think many sponsors fully understand that plans in decline have financial characteristics that are entirely different from those...

In February, the nation’s 100 largest pension plans experienced a $35 billion decrease in funded status, according to Milliman.

Aon Hewitt reports the S&P 500 aggregate pension funded status decreased, and Mercer says the estimated aggregate funding level of...

Client poll results shared by investment consulting firm NEPC show significant and increasing concern with the decisionmaking coming out of...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics looked into why costs are greater for some plans than others.

The DOL has begun investigations, attorneys tell PLANSPONSOR.

From 1998 to 2015, the percentage of Fortune 500 employers offering a traditional, final salary DB plan to most newly...