October DB Plan Funded Status at 80.3%
November 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A second straight month of strong equity returns combined with declining liabilities drove the October...
Tag: Defined Benefit (DB)
DB Plans See Deficits Decrease in October
November 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $56 billion to...
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Many Participants not Confident of Pension Payout
October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nineteen percent of individuals with a defined benefit pension plan who responded to Mercer’s recently...
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MetLife Whitepaper Focuses on Partial Risk Transfer Approach
October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new paper by MetLife entitled "Topics in Pension Risk Management: The Role of Partial...
North American Pensions See Marginal Funding Improvement in Q310
October 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funded status for U.S. plans showed a marginal improvement in the third quarter, increasing...
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U.S. Ranks 10th in Global Pension Index
October 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. retirement income system ranks tenth in the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, designed...
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Pension Applications (Pen-Apps) Forms New Consulting Firm
October 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An independent pension actuarial consulting firm specializing in asset liability modeling (ALM), plan design and...
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Northern Trust Expands Exposure Analysis for Institutional Plans
October 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has enhanced its Exposure analysis tool for institutional investors to...
Q310 Pension Funding Down 1%
October 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The UBS Global Asset Management U.S. Pension Fund Fitness Tracker found that the typical pension...
Pension Plans See Strongest Gain for Year in September
October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - September produced the strongest one-month gain this year in funding status for the typical U.S....
Volatile Market Presents Challenges for DB Plan Investment Decision Making
October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At a time when U.S. pension plan funded positions have been battered by volatile equity...
DB Plan Funded Status Up for Quarter, Down for Year
October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of U.S. pension plans improved during September from the historic low position...
DB Plan Funding Ratios See Modest Uptick in Q3 2010
October 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legal & General Investment Management America’s (LGIMA) Pension Fiscal Fitness Monitor shows that pension funding...
Corporate Bond Dip Hits Pension Funding
September 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Accounting measures of the liabilities of defined benefit (DB) pension plans in most developed economies...
Pension Funded Status Reaches 10-Year Low
September 14, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans dropped by $108...
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DB Freezes Continue
September 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The percentage of Fortune 1000 companies with defined benefit (DB) plans that had not frozen...
More DB Plans Using Alternative Investments
September 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An SEI Quick Poll shows a significant increase in the percentage of pension portfolios investing...
Pension Plans Focusing More on Risk Management
September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New research by Pyramis Global Advisors finds the financial crisis of 2008-2009 has refocused pension...
BNY Mellon Sees Lowest Pension Funding Since Start of Data Tracking
September 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Slumping stock markets and a decline in the discount rate for Aa corporate bonds in...
Pension Funding Tumbles to Record Low
September 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. pension plan funded positions have fallen to historic lows during August because of simultaneously...