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...
Tag: Defined Benefit (DB)
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IMHO: Promises Premises
February 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It was hard not to be struck this past week by that Pew...
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Principal Offers DB Funding Tutorial
February 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Principal Financial Group is offering defined benefit sponsors a tutorial explaining the steps employers...
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Participants Paying More Attention to DB Plans
February 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer's outsourcing business has seen a 40% increase in participant requests for calculations of their...
BT Reaches Plan Funding Pact
February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.K. Telecom giant BT has worked out a plan to plug a record £9 billion...
Reid Splits HIRE Bill into Pieces
February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has chopped in half a broad package of business...
2010 is all about Pension Funding Volatility Controls
February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com)–When defined benefit pension sponsors peer into their crystal balls for the rest of 2010, most see...
Pensions See January Funding Status Drop
February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Companies in the S&P 1500 suffered a slight drop in their pension plan funded status...
Lawmakers/Companies Make Further Plea for Pension Funding Relief
February 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On a press conference call on February 4, an array of employers and retirement experts...
U.K. Real Estate Firm Insures its Pension
February 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.K. buyout company Pension Insurance Corporation said it will insure the pension liabilities of Liberty...
DB Sponsors Face Significantly Higher Contributions in 2010
February 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status for most pension plans is anticipated to decline significantly and pension plan...
Towers Watson Finds DB Plans Outperformed DC Plans
February 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rates of return for defined benefit (DB) pension plans outpaced those for defined contribution (DC)...
U.K. Purple Book Presents Latest Pension Data
February 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The latest data on the impact of the worldwide economic slowdown on U.K. pension plans...
Funding Status of U.S. Pensions Declined in January
February 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sliding stock markets and rising liabilities combined to reduce the funded status of the typical...
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Principal Launches Ninth Search for the 10 Best
February 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Providing a sense of financial security for employees whether the economy is in...
Global Pensions Strengthened in 2009
February 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Global institutional pension fund assets in the 13 major national markets increased by 15% during...
BMW Looking to Transfer UK Pension Liability
February 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - BMW is in talks to offload more than £2.5bn of longevity risks from its UK...
Market Troubles Hit Multiemployer Plans Hard
January 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Segal Company report shows a deterioration in the funding status of more than...
Pension Funding Still Lagging 2007 Levels
January 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pension funding levels at large U.S. companies improved at the end of last year largely...
Canadian Pension Funding Improved During Downturn
January 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Despite wild fluctuations in the world markets during the economic downturn, the aggregate funded ratio...