Tag: Defined Benefit (DB)

January 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A group of non-union AMR retirees asked a federal bankruptcy judge to let them participate...

January 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As companies issue their earning statements for 2011, many are reporting a charge due to...

January 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total asset levels in the U.S. retirement market have grown 9.6% from 2009 to 2010,...

January 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers doubt their employees' ability to successfully save for retirement, and are embracing solutions to...

January 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers doubt their employees' ability to successfully save for retirement, and are embracing solutions to...

January 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy proposed an increase to the state’s annual payments to the State...

January 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index dropped from its prior month’s level of 87.52 and...

January 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Eastman Kodak Company and its U.S. subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11 business reorganization. 

January 20, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - American Airlines' parent company has made only a small fraction of the roughly $100 million...

January 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) -  Kidder Benefits Consultants has acquired Lane & Associates.

January 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Thirty-six new International Pension Plans (IPP) were set-up in 2011, according research from Towers Watson. 

January 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Hostess Brands Inc. filed bankruptcy protection after failing to reach an agreement on pension and...

January 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SEI’s biannual Pension Lifecycle Meter shows the majority of U.S. corporate pensions are still accruing...

January 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Milliman, Inc’s latest Pension Funding Index shows in December, pensions experienced a $59.7 billion decrease in...

January 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many Canadian employers that provide a defined benefit (DB) pension plan for their employees may...

January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies reached $484 billion at...

January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined effects of poor investment returns and decreasing interest rates during 2011 caused the...

January 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the typical...

January 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Four out of 10 employers expect to devote more time addressing retirement plan governance over...

December 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has been selected by United Cerebral Palsy of New York City,...