Tag: Defined Benefit (DB)

Corporate funds led gains for the second quarter of 2017, according to the Wilshire TUCS.

However, the single-employer program is likely to eliminate its deficit within the next three to seven years.

Providers that track pension funding status note that interest rates could affect funding levels for the rest of this year.

Most companies used a single weighted average discount rate to measure the interest cost and service cost components of benefit...

Just because a plan is frozen, doesn’t mean fees will go away altogether.

Among private-industry workers, 66% had access to a retirement plan, but only 75% of this group either chose to or...

There seems to be a disconnect between employees’ primary concerns, needs and preferences and the reshuffling of employer dollars, Willis...

The purpose of the measurement determines which number is “right,” according to the American Academy of Actuaries.

Still, funded status is up for the year, according to one firm’s estimates.

The freeze begins January 2028.

Long-horizon investing can generate up to a 1.5% premium on returns, according to a Willis Towers Watson study that modeled...

The company will be purchasing a group annuity contract from Prudential.

American General Life Insurance Company and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company have agreed to take on $1 billion of Accenture’s...

The overwhelming majority worry that they will run out of money in retirement.

The next stage will be to determine if the hospital boards or plan committees fit within the principal-purpose definition and...

The differences depend on what DB plans are tracked or how DB funded status is tracked.

“We are at a unique inflection point in history, with a number of forces converging simultaneously that are forever changing...

Looking at the definition of “church plan” in ERISA, the high court concluded that a plan maintained by a principal-purpose...

Using the smoothed assets as allowed and smoothed bond rates require by current law to discount the liability, the 2014...

Looking at the U.S. specifically, the shortfall of retirement savings needed is growing at a rate of $3 trillion each...