Pension Funding Ratios Improve Nearly 5%
April 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The typical U.S. pension plan’s funding ratio increased by nearly five percentage points during the...
Tag: Defined Benefit (DB)
Pension Funding at Highest Level in a Year
April 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan increased 1.9 percentage points in...
Pension Funding Improves in Q113
April 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funding ratios improved significantly in the first quarter of 2013, according to Legal &...
S&P 1500 Pension Funding Levels Improve
April 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies improved significantly in the...
PBGC Proposes Reduced Reporting Obligations
April 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has backed off its 2009 proposal to increase reporting...
Retirement Assets Reach $19.5T
March 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total U.S. retirement assets hit a new record high of $19.5 trillion as of December...
Verizon Pension Suit Gets Class Action Status
March 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge certified a class in the lawsuit against Verizon about its decision to...
Institutional Investors Doing More to Manage Risk
March 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional investors have taken concrete steps in the last five years to address investment risks.
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Blog Examines Pension Issues
March 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A long-standing blog regularly examines retirement plan governance and investment best practices.
Penbridge Retains Consultant for Pension Risk Transfer Education
March 26, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Penbridge Advisors retained the services of an independent consultant to support delivery of the company’s...
PLANSPONSOR Announces 2013 Plan Sponsor of the Year: DB
March 22, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - PLANSPONSOR proudly announces the 2013 winner of its annual Plan Sponsor of the Year award in...
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Boeing Closes DB to Another Group of Workers
March 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Technical Unit employees have approved a new four-year contract...
Prudential Adds to Pension Risk Transfer Team
March 18, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Prudential Retirement named Rohit Mathur to its pension risk transfer team as senior vice president,...
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Younger Generations Struggle to Accumulate Wealth
March 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Traditionally, each generation is typically wealthier than the previous one at any given age.
Pension Risk Transfer Attractiveness Unchanged
March 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities was virtually unchanged in February.
Underfunding Drives Pension Investment Strategies
March 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Companies’ decisions about their defined benefit (DB) pension plans...
DOL Issues MAP-21 Disclosure Guidance
March 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors have new guidance concerning new disclosure requirements mandated by the...
Pension Funding Dips in February
March 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In February, the nation’s largest pensions experienced a $6 billion decrease in funded status, according...
Pension Funded Status Declines to 80.7%
March 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan slid 0.5% points to 80.7%...
S&P 1500 Pension Funding Stable in February
March 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $3 billion...