Tag: Defined Benefit (DB)

Among 3,590 large plans, the five-year risk transfer rate was 14.9%.

Plan sponsors want more than a payout annuity provider when they go looking for an insurer. 

Market and regulatory factors will lead defined benefit plan sponsors to pursue more active strategies and different asset classes.

What happens when premium increases break the current system?

Analyses from three investment managers shows small decreases in corporate pension plans’ funding status.

Mercer expands defined benefit capabilities within BenefitsCentral participant website.

Trends show more small and medium-sized companies are seeking pension buy-outs, LIMRA says.

The multiemployer program deficit is $52 billion, and the single-employer program deficit is $24 billion.

Institutional investors of all types found relief from market headwinds.

Global equity returns weighed heavily on the median returns for all plan types in the third quarter, according to Wilshire...

However, Corporate ERISA plans were the relative best performer among plan types last quarter.

Fortune 1000 companies with frozen pension plans went conservative in 2014, while open plans took a bit more risk.

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 includes a repeal of an ACA provision and extension of pension funding relief, among...

Cerulli Associates shares findings that clearly show increased demand from public pension plans for outsourced investment leadership.

It’s happened before and it will happen again—a hike in PBGC premiums and shifting SOA mortality projections have materially raised...

The top catalyst for a pension risk transfer to an insurance company is PBGC premium increases.

The estimated aggregate funding level of S&P 500 pensions dropped 2% during September.

“I read with great interest your Ask the Experts Q&A on frozen plans, since our organization has a frozen Employee...