Falling Interest Rates Still Hurting Pensions
March 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An increase in assets was accompanied by...
Tag: Defined Benefit (DB)
Smoothing May Distort Financial Picture for DBs
February 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Understanding the financial status of a defined...
Multiemployer Plan Health Declined in 2012
February 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Segal’s Survey of Plans’ 2012 Zone Status indicates overall multiemployer pension plan health declined in...
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Americans Want New Pensions
February 26, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Americans are highly supportive of pensions...
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Mercer Launches Pension Buyout Index
February 26, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer launched the Mercer U.S. Pension Buyout...
Sponsor Cannot Rely on Speculation of Future Tax Treatment
February 26, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A court ruled a plan sponsor cannot reasonably rely on a plan provider’s speculation that...
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Demand for Expatriate Pension Vehicles Growing
February 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Thirty-three new International Pension Plans (IPPs) have...
Pension Risk Transfer Attractiveness Improves
February 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As of February 1, 2013, the Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index increased from its prior...
DB Lump-Sum Offerings Will Continue in 2013
February 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More employers plan to decrease their pension risk exposure by offering participants a one-time, lump-sum...
Participant Cannot Exhaust Remedies Not Provided
February 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An appellate court has ruled that a pension plan participant can pursue her claims in...
IRS Announces New Rates for DB Funding Calculations
February 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidance reflecting changes to pension funding calculations in the...
2013 Pension Funded Status: What to Expect
February 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – If equities perform well this year, credit spreads could tighten and threaten the funded status...
Pension Plans Unlikely to Achieve Return Targets
February 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pension plans and other institutions are not...
S&P 1500 Sees Improved Pension Funding
February 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The new year began with a funding improvement for S&P 1500 pension plans, due to...
Pension Funded Status Reaches 2012 High
February 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – At 81.2% in January, U.S. corporate pension plans saw their best funded level since March...
Northern Trust Universe Gained 12% in 2012
February 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional plan sponsors reaped a fourth consecutive year of positive investment returns in 2012.
Wilshire TUCS Sees Double Digit Gains for Most
February 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With the exception of Taft-Hartley Health and Welfare Funds, institutional assets tracked by the Wilshire...
Pension Funds Sue BlackRock
February 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two pension funds are suing BlackRock and several of its iShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over...
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Player’s Daughter Defrauded NFL Pension
February 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An ex-NFL player’s daughter pled guilty to pension fraud.
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Hospitals Slower to Follow Retirement Plan Trends
February 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Research from Towers Watson indicates hospital organizations are not following retirement plan trends as quickly...