Tag: Defined Benefit (DB)

Defined benefit plan sponsors are seeking an alternative to hedge funds.

In 2015, the question for defined benefit plan sponsors will not just be, “What will interest rates do?”

Low interest rates and new mortality tables overpowered the year’s positive asset returns, resulting in a 9% decline in funding...

The funded status of U.S. corporate pensions dropped to 87.3% in the last month of 2014, according to BNY Mellon...

The new PBGC Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate has released her first annual report of issues.

The financial health of private pension plans weakened in 2014, with funded ratios falling to levels resembling post-recession lows.

Two major league baseball teams have discontinued pension plans for non-uniformed staff.

Transamerica Retirement Solutions welcomes Mark Valentine as vice president of defined benefit sales and business development.

 

NCR Corporation announced an annuity purchase to secure certain pension plan participants' benefits.

 

ICI’s latest quarterly assessment shows retirement assets account for 36% of all household financial assets in the United States.

MetLife will take over pension payments to the retirees and beneficiaries covered by the agreement.

Trends, legislation, regulations and litigation will continue to affect the retirement industry in 2015.

RiskFirst’s Web-based platform, PFaroe, has been integrated with Northern Trust’s global operating platform.

Society of Actuaries mortality tables are not required to be used by defined benefit plans, and there may be something...

A typical DB plan provides equivalent retirement benefits at about half the cost of a DC plan, the NIRS says.

Pension plan deficits of Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 1500 companies increased by $17 billion in November.

BNY Mellon reports the funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan increased to 89.9% in November.

Wilshire reports that stability in aggregate pension funding during November was the result of comparable increases in asset and liability...

Pension funds globally say they intend to adopt a more proactive approach to managing their assets.

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) has commented about the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s request to obtain information about de-risking moves...