Mich. Court Refuses Pension Suit Dismissal Requests
September 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Michigan state court judge has rebuffed efforts to get dismissed three suits against the...
Tag: Defined Benefit (DB)
IRS DB Funding Guidance Is "Good News"
September 25, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In guidance released Friday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has advised defined benefit sponsors that...
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S.C. Medical Center Reworks Pension Program
September 24, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A South Carolina hospital is restructuring its retirement savings program, including a freeze on its...
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DB Plans Still Around Despite Funding Pressures
September 22, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While 54% of defined benefit sponsors that have a frozen plan are either thinking about...
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New PwC Plan Design Offers DB Funding Flexibility
September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors looking for a little breathing room on their defined benefit funding - along...
DB and DC Sponsors Confront Risk Issues
September 21, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined benefit sponsors have come through the economic downturn with a key issue on their...
Report Suggests Fla. Pension Could Use More Governance
September 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new staff report about plan governance at U.S. public pension programs recommended Florida get...
Corporate Bond Yields Keep Pension Funding Down
September 14, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong portfolio returns could not offset a large decline in corporate bond yields in August,...
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Market Moved Participants – But Not Far
September 10, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The recent market tumult certainly took a toll on participant balances, but a new report...
Funding Levels Plummeted for City and County Retirement Systems
September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wilshire Consulting estimates that the funding ratio for all 104 city and county pension plans...
Conviction Not Required for Pension Board Action
September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Rhode Island state judge has declared that the Providence Retirement Board can cut or...
IRS Provides More Details of DB Funding Status Election
September 9, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Multiemployer plan sponsors who want to revoke a prior Section 432 funding status election now...
August Markets Leave Pension Plan Funding Unchanged
September 8, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The equity markets may have been rosier during August, but that did not translate into...
Whitbread Freezes DB Plan
September 4, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Whitbread PLC said Friday it will close the defined benefit section of the Group Pension...
Pension Funding Gap Narrows in August
September 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rising stock markets around the world outpaced an increase in pension liabilities in the so-called...
DoL Issues Proposed Rules on Penalties for Failing to Adopt Funding Plan
September 3, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a regulation to assess civil penalties against plan...
U.K. Pension Scheme Liabilities Top £1 Trillion
September 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined pension liabilities shown in company accounts for the 200 largest U.K. privately sponsored...
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Poll Finds Strong DB Support
September 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fifty-four percent of employees in a new Watson Wyatt survey say they are satisfied with...
Ohio STRS Submits Funds Reform Package
September 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board for the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio (STRS) has approved a sweeping...
PBGC Single-Employer Program Deficit Decreased in 2008
September 1, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funding deficit for the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC) single-employer program decreased from $13.1...