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What’s in Your DB Plan Toolbox?
August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the first decade of the millennium, we saw market crashes that wiped billions of...
Tag: Defined Benefit (DB)
S&P 1500 Companies See Pension Funding Fall in July
August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pension deficits for companies on the S&P 1500 Index remain above year-end 2013 levels, following a drop...
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Baby Boomers Stuck in the Middle
August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Unprepared Baby Boomers face a bleak decision as they enter their mid-60s—work beyond the traditional...
Benefits |
Kodak Changing from Traditional to Cash Balance Pension
August 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Eastman Kodak Company is moving employees from a traditional defined benefit pension plan to a...
IRS Announces Webinar on DB Plan Termination
August 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will host a defined benefit plan termination webinar on August 14...
DB Benefit Payments Continue to Stimulate Economy
July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The $476.8 billion in public and private defined benefit (DB) pension plan payments in 2012...
ETF Adoption Driven by Goals Investing
July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Interest in specific investment outcomes is likely to drive continued institutional exchange-traded fund (ETF) adoption,...
Buy-Ins a Logical Step in Pension Risk Transfer
July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors have a whole spectrum of options for offloading pension risk, says Wayne Daniel,...
Reducing DB Costs, Risk via Lump-Sum Windows
July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There is a spectrum of de-risking strategies defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors can use.
Downside Protection Comes at a Price
July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Market corrections are notoriously difficult—many say impossible—to predict, but that doesn’t mean investors should abandon...
EBSA to Discuss Small Business Retirement Plan Options
July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will conduct a webcast for small...
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Nyhart Opens Consulting Office in Colorado
July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nyhart Actuary and Employee Benefits has opened a new sales and consulting office in Denver.
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Firms Form Alliance for PRT Services
July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Penbridge Advisors and P-Solve have formed a strategic alliance that will allow sponsors of defined...
More Church Plan Challenges Filed in Federal Court
July 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two court cases filed this week by retirement plan participants claim their employers’ retirement benefits...
Senate Committee Advances ERISA Amendments Impacting PBGC
July 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced a bill seeking to better...
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PBGC Offers Guidance Page on Multiemployer Pension Plans
July 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent posting on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC) Retirement Matters blog discusses multiemployer...
New Law Outlines Training for CalPERS Board Members
July 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new state law calls for members of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)...
Options for Pension Risk Transfer Expanding
July 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A pension plan transaction recently announced by British Telecom, offers a glimpse of a coming...
DB Funding Improves While OPEB Funding Suffers
July 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While funding of defined benefit (DB) pension plans improved in 2013, funding for other post-employment...
Visteon to Transfer Some Pension Liability
July 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Visteon Corporation, a global automotive supplier, will purchase a group annuity contract covering approximately one-third...