UK Pensions Regulator Announces Three-year Agenda
March 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preparing for automatic enrolment, improving standards of governance and administration, and filling deficits as soon...
Tag: Defined Benefit (DB)
IRS Announces Opening of EGTRRA Determination Letter Program
March 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The IRS has announced it will soon issue opinion and advisory letters for pre-approved defined...
Public and Private DBs Responding to Crisis Differently
March 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Although public pension plans and their corporate counterparts were hit equally hard by the global...
House Passes up Pension Funding Relief
March 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension plan funding relief provisions have been left out of a jobs bill approved by...
UK's Pension Protection Fund Announces New Investment Principles
March 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UK's private pension insurer and regulator has unveiled its new Statement of Investment Principles...
UK's Pension Protection Fund Announces New Investment Principles
March 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UK's private pension insurer and regulator has unveiled its new Statement of Investment Principles...
Providers Respond to DB Sponsors' Need for Risk Management
March 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Recent economic events have led defined benefit plan sponsors to look in detail at the...
Largest Corporate DB Plans See Funding Bump in February
March 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans improved by $11...
Senate Passes Pension Funding Relief
March 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Senate has passed S.Amdt. 3430, which would allow defined benefit pension plan sponsors...
Wilshire Study Paints Picture of Recession's Effect on Pension Funding
March 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Wilshire Consulting's 2010 State Funding Study shows a sharp drop in state pension funding levels...
Funded Status of Pensions Remains Stable in February
March 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The financial position of pension plans remained unchanged in February, according to the latest figures...
Employer Can Reduce Monthly Pension to Fix Error
March 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has ruled that an employer did not breach its fiduciary duties by...
IRS Updates Rates Used in DB Plan Funding Calculations
March 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2010-24, updating weighted average interest rates, yield curves,...
IRS Updates Rates Used in DB Plan Funding Calculations
March 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2010-24, updating weighted average interest rates, yield curves,...
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UK Stats Highlight Shift from DB to DC
March 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New figures from the UK's Office for National Statistics show a continuing decline in the...
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UK Stats Highlight Shift from DB to DC
March 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New figures from the UK's Office for National Statistics show a continuing decline in the...
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Mercer Helps DB Sponsors with Next Step after Freezing
March 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Mercer offering helps sponsors of frozen pension plans decide whether, and how, to...
Reid Puts Together New Bill for COBRA Subsidy Extension, Pension Relief
February 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new bill being put together by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) would extend...
Report Highlights Public and Private Pension Disparities in Wisconsin
February 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – With the hope of spurring pension reform that helps solve the state's budget problem, the...
Study Finds Pension Plan Sponsors More Focused on Liabilities
February 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Risk management remains a key area of concern for pension plan sponsors, but...