Administration | September 5th, 2014 S&P 1500 Pension Funding Status Slips in August September 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The estimated aggregate funding level of pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies dropped by...
Administration | September 4th, 2014 Corporate Pension Funding Loses Ground in August September 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Falling interest rates precipitated by geopolitical tensions led to higher liabilities and a lower funded...
Administration | September 3rd, 2014 Corporate Pension Plan Funding Slips in August September 3, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate funded ratio for U.S. corporate pension plans fell to 85.5% for the month...
Administration | August 14th, 2014 DB Plan Sponsors May Pay Later for Funding Relief August 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Although pension funding stabilization will ease financial constraints on defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors in...
Compliance | August 7th, 2014 DB Sponsors to See Extended Funding Relief August 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A bill awaiting President Barack Obama’s signature would provide extended funding relief for defined benefit...
Administration | August 6th, 2014 Corporate Pension Funding Levels Continue 2014 Slide August 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The aggregate funded ratio for U.S. corporate pension plans fell to 86% during the month...
Administration | August 5th, 2014 S&P 1500 Companies See Pension Funding Fall in July August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pension deficits for companies on the S&P 1500 Index remain above year-end 2013 levels, following a drop...
Administration | August 4th, 2014 Corporate Pensions Funding Dips Further in July August 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of U.S. corporate pension plans declined in July to 90.8%, according to...
Compliance | July 25th, 2014 Plaintiffs Granted Summary Judgment in Church Plan Case July 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court in California has granted a motion for partial summary judgment against...
Compliance | July 25th, 2014 More Church Plan Challenges Filed in Federal Court July 25, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two court cases filed this week by retirement plan participants claim their employers’ retirement benefits...
Compliance | July 24th, 2014 Senate Committee Advances ERISA Amendments Impacting PBGC July 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced a bill seeking to better...
Products | July 22nd, 2014 Nuveen Adopts RiskFirst Technology to Enhance LDI Services July 22, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nuveen Asset Management will use RiskFirst’s web-based analytics platform, PFaroe, to help craft customized liability-driven...
Administration | July 18th, 2014 DB Funding Improves While OPEB Funding Suffers July 18, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While funding of defined benefit (DB) pension plans improved in 2013, funding for other post-employment...
Administration | July 10th, 2014 Funded Status of Pensions Improves in June July 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the largest defined benefit (DB) plans in the United States improved...
Administration | July 8th, 2014 June Brings Rebound for Pension Index July 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Towers Watson Pension Index shows a 1.2% increase in the funded status of defined...
Administration | July 8th, 2014 S&P 1500 Pension Deficit Improves in June July 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funding for defined benefit (DB) retirement plans sponsored by Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 1500...
Administration | July 2nd, 2014 DB Plan Liabilities Declined in June July 2, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of corporate defined benefit (DB) plans in the United States increased to...
Administration | June 27th, 2014 Cost of Maintaining Pension Liabilities Level for May June 27, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The economic cost of maintaining liability for a defined benefit (DB) pension plan in May...
Benefits | June 24th, 2014 How PBGC Premium Increases Would Impact DB System June 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report finds that Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premium increases would negatively impact...
Administration | June 20th, 2014 Pension Liabilities, Deficits Increase in May June 20, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the largest defined benefit (DB) plans in the United States decreased...