Tag: interest rates

The agency raised rates that pension plans and multiemployer plans use for valuation and funding purposes.

Due to a ‘normalized’ yield curve and strong investment performance, plan sponsors can consider de-risking or using surpluses for other...

Amid recent market volatility, pension funded status has taken a hit. It may also be time for some plan sponsors...

Strong markets offset a rise in liabilities for the month, creating the potential for funded status to be up overall...

The slower response to interest-rate changes may benefit retirement plan investors, if the Fed continues to cut.

The premium due date for many plan sponsors, as well as the deadline for seeking a refund on 2023 premium...

The growth is the highest for the first six months of any year since LIMRA started tracking sales in the...

Kohler Co., the Kohler Co. Pension Plan and pension plan beneficiary plaintiffs request the court’s approval of the settlement.

The rise in yields in recent years have not boosted the size of the contracts.

The first quarter of 2024 has already seen two jumbo PRT deals, with Verizon and Shell offloading their pension liabilities.

For defined contribution plan participants, new research from PGIM and TIAA offers a fresh perspective on the usefulness of a...

Drop in asset values was partly offset by another uptick in discount rates.

A lawsuit against IBM’s pension plan will not proceed, following a judge’s ruling in U.S. District Court for the Southern...

Plan funding improved in most pension measures, despite the bond-market rally.

The pension and investments manager expects de-risking strategies to remain attractive in 2024.

Asset managers at Vanguard, BlackRock and T. Rowe Price express varying views on how equities and bonds should be allocated...

According to Wilshire, November saw the largest monthly increase in liability value since it began tracking corporate pension funded status...

Many corporate pension fund leaders are re-evaluating their liability-driven managers and allocations.

With more plan sponsors maintaining overfunded pension plans, some analysts argue that reopening a defined benefit plan, as IBM plans...

Some pension funding models reached their highest points in decades.