Tag: Defined Benefit (DB)

More than half are looking to LDI strategies to de-risk their plans.

Retirement plan solutions provider Transamerica is integrating RiskFirst’s pension risk analytics platform.

A new tool from Penbridge seeks to enhance plan sponsor understanding of pension annuity buyout pricing.

The Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service found all plan types’ median returns were higher in Q1 2015 than returns generated...

There is a striking correlation between negative pension changes and income inequality, according to a survey by NCPERS.

A new study shows the greatest funded percentage drop since 2008.

Retirement security will likely be jeopardized for more Americans because of the shift away from defined benefit (DB) plans and...

Public plans and foundations and endowments also saw assets decrease.

If approved, a proposed settlement will end litigation from six challenges that arose from changes made to Rhode Islands’ public...

Investment managers’ ongoing uncertainty over the world economy is having an effect on how they view portfolio positioning over the...

A federal appellate court found a plan administrator cannot change the calculation of early retirement benefits for participants who terminated...

The PBGC is requesting that OMB extend approval of collections of information about certain reportable events until final rules can...

The IRS says proposed permanent amendments to nondiscrimination regulations can be anticipated.

Mercer attributes the rise in pension risk transfer activity to PBGC premium increases.

Total U.S. retirement assets grew 6% during 2014, according to the Investment Company Institute.

Public sector retirement plan assets have exceeded $4 trillion for the first time, according to a Spectrem market report.

According to the Pension Rights Center, the nation faces an almost $8 trillion shortfall in retirement income.

The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries has rebranded as the American Retirement Association.

PBGC multiemployer plan benefit guarantees will cover a smaller share of benefits in future plan failures, a study shows.

Investors say central clearing has reduced systemic risk in the derivatives market, and there is an increasing interest in futures.