Municipal Pensions’ Funding Up in FY 2013
September 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Wilshire Consulting estimates that the ratio of pension assets to liabilities, or funding ratio, for...
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Mortality Tables Impact Depends on DB Plan Demographics
September 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s conversations with actuaries and clients indicate many defined benefit (DB) plans...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...