Benefits | October 1st, 2025 DB Plans: A Case Study Consultants share what they see driving their clients’ defined benefit plan decisionmaking.
Benefits | August 19th, 2025 Multiemployer Pensions Reach Historic Full Funding Status The aggregate market value funded percentage for U.S. defined benefit multiemployer plans is estimated at 100% as of June 30,...
Benefits | January 16th, 2025 Unite Here Retirement Fund to Receive $868.6M SFA Grant The PBGC approved the funds for the White Plains, New York-based plan that covers 91,744 participants in the hospitality industry.
Benefits | January 13th, 2025 3 Multiemployer Pensions Approved for SFA Funds PBGC okays grants totaling almost $250 million for Laborers Local No. 265, Teamsters Local 734 and the IUOE Upstate NY...
Benefits | November 4th, 2024 Four Distressed Pension Funds Approved for PBGC Grants Support is approved for Teamsters Local 111, Marine Carpenters Fund, UFCW Tri-State Plan and I.B.E.W Pacific Coast Fund.
Benefits | October 17th, 2024 Carpenters Pension Fund Gets $635M PBGC Grant Aid to Michigan-based fund will benefit it more than 22,000 participants.
Benefits | August 28th, 2024 Prudential to Complete Industry’s 1st Multiemployer Pension Risk Transfer The $221 million transaction will secure pension benefits for retirees and beneficiaries at Sound Retirement Trust, a multiemployer plan for...
Benefits | August 22nd, 2024 Ohio Multiemployer Pension Fund Gets $31.6M PBGC Grant The Newspaper Drivers Local 473 Plan will receive funding under the federal Special Financial Assistance Program.
Investing | August 20th, 2024 Voya Financial Surpasses $100B in Multiple Employer Solutions Assets The firm saw a 15% increase in total assets, compared with the same period in 2023.
Compliance | June 13th, 2024 $8M Repayment of Excess SFA Money Coming From Illinois Multiemployer Pension The refund is the second such settlement related to overpayment of Special Financial Assistance due to the inclusion of deceased...
Deals and People | April 26th, 2024 Retirement Industry People Moves Voya Adds Two New MEP Roles; Congruent Creates Chief Revenue Officer Role; PCS Hires Kirtland to lead business development; and...
Benefits | March 14th, 2024 In PEPs, Attaining Economy of Scale Is Critical, Sometimes Illusive While the pooled plan providers, sponsors of multiple employer plans, continue to see asset inflows, for sponsors, joining a PEP...
Benefits | March 1st, 2024 Can Multiple Employer Plans Help Close the Retirement Coverage Gap? Advertised as a more cost-efficient and less burdensome way for small employers to offer a retirement plan, pooled solutions may...
Benefits | March 1st, 2024 Into the Pool Representatives from two different companies explain the process by which their firms chose their respective multiple employer retirement solutions.
Data and Research | February 22nd, 2024 Multiemployer Pension Funding Jumps 10 Points From 2022 to 2023 Improvement is primarily due to SFA grants and asset performance, Milliman finds.
Compliance | January 18th, 2024 Taft-Hartley Plan Wants Back $220M Partial Pension Withdrawal Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust claims arbitrator Richard C. McNeill Jr. incorrectly ruled that GE satisfied the building and construction industry...
Compliance | November 20th, 2023 PBGC Nearly $50B in the Green, Report Says This could be a reason to lower premiums, though insurance conditions have been volatile before.
Compliance | October 18th, 2023 PBGC Announces 2024 Premiums, Guarantee Levels Guarantee levels for single-employer plans will rise with inflation, but multiemployer plans are not indexed.
Administration | October 6th, 2023 Complaints Filed Against 5 Companies to Collect Money Owed to 2 Teamsters Pension Trust Funds Lawyers for the plaintiff, a third-party administrator, alleged identical claims against each defendant.
Benefits | September 22nd, 2023 SFA Grant Rescues Printer’s Pension Fund The NYC-based plan will receive about $20 million to restore its solvency through 2051.