PBGC Proposes Rules for DC Rollovers into Pensions
April 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) outlined a proposal it says makes it easier for...
Tag: Defined Benefit (DB)
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Real Estate Specialist Launches Fund for Institutional Investors
April 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CenterSquare Investment Management, Inc. has launched the CenterSquare Value-Added Fund III, L.P.
Annuity Purchase Cost Decreased in February
March 31, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – For February, the average cost of purchasing annuities from an insurer decreased slightly from 108.5%...
The Downsides of LDI
April 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Liability-driven investing (LDI) can be a great choice for defined benefit plans, but the strategy...
Retirement Assets Totaled $23T at Year-End 2013
March 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Total U.S. retirement assets reached $23 trillion at year-end 2013, growing 15.6% during the year,...
Corporate Pension Rebalancing Low in Q1
March 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The first quarter of 2014 saw very light pension rebalancing flows, but liability-driven investing (LDI)...
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Effects of Increasing Retirements on Employer Plans
March 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As more employees retire, plan sponsors need to prepare for the impact on their defined...
MetLife Appoints Head of U.S. Pensions
March 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – MetLife, Inc. appointed Wayne Daniel as vice president for U.S. pensions within the firm's corporate...
No Shortage of Challenges or Chances
March 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement advice professionals must confront some acute challenges in the months and years ahead to...
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Helping DB, DC and 403(b) Plans Comply with ERISA
March 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Financial and retirement services provider Prudential has released a checklist to help plan sponsors of...
Pension Annuitization Attractiveness Hangs On
March 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities,...
CalPERS Allocates More to Emerging Manager Program
March 21, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) will allocate additional money to its emerging manager...
Pension Buyout Costs Level in January
March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – For the United States, the estimated cost, as a percentage of accounting liability, of a...
Health of Large DB Plans Improves
March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The financial health of the largest U.S. corporate defined benefit (DB) pension plans improved during...
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Pensionmark Releases Document Storage System
March 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pensionmark Retirement Group recently launched its Employer Document Vault, an enterprise-level document storage system that...
Overlay Strategy Keeps DB Investments on Target
March 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even the best laid plans can go off track, and this is true for defined...
Portfolio Shifts Continue After Banner Year
March 17, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A strong recovery in asset values and pension funding levels hasn’t slowed the pace of...
Planning for Mortality Tables Effect on Liabilities
March 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – New mortality tables for defined benefit (DB) pension plans will increase pension liabilities, according to...
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DC Plans Ended 2013 Strong
March 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution (DC) plans outperformed defined benefit plans significantly during the fourth quarter of 2013...
Pension Funding Sees Improvement in February
March 13, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of pension plans showed an improvement in February, compared with figures from...