Pension Funding Improves in Q113
April 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funding ratios improved significantly in the first quarter of 2013, according to Legal &...
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S&P 1500 Pension Funding Levels Improve
April 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies improved significantly in the...
Groups Issue Guide to Governmental Pension Funding
March 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - State and local government associations and the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) released “Pension Funding: A...
Pension Funding Dips in February
March 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In February, the nation’s largest pensions experienced a $6 billion decrease in funded status, according...
Pension Funded Status Declines to 80.7%
March 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan slid 0.5% points to 80.7%...
S&P 1500 Pension Funding Stable in February
March 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $3 billion...
State DB Plan Funding Fell 4%
March 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funding level of state-sponsored defined benefit...
Falling Interest Rates Still Hurting Pensions
March 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An increase in assets was accompanied by...
Smoothing May Distort Financial Picture for DBs
February 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Understanding the financial status of a defined...
IRS Announces New Rates for DB Funding Calculations
February 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued guidance reflecting changes to pension funding calculations in the...
Towers Watson Welcomes Senior Consultant
February 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Asghar Alam joined Towers Watson in January as a senior consultant in its Investment and...
2013 Pension Funded Status: What to Expect
February 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – If equities perform well this year, credit spreads could tighten and threaten the funded status...
S&P 1500 Sees Improved Pension Funding
February 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The new year began with a funding improvement for S&P 1500 pension plans, due to...
Pension Funded Status Reaches 2012 High
February 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – At 81.2% in January, U.S. corporate pension plans saw their best funded level since March...
Local Government Pension Funding Lags Behind States’
January 31, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Local government-administered pension plans have not yet caught up with the funded levels of state-administered...
Pension Funding Slightly Improves in Q4 2012
January 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funding ratios improved modestly over the fourth quarter of 2012, a report shows.
Pension Funded Status Slow to Rebound
January 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In December, plans in the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index experienced a $54 billion increase...
Funding Ratio of Pension Plans Remains at 77%
January 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The typical U.S. pension plan’s funding ratio remained at 77% during the fourth quarter of...
Pension Funded Status Rose in December
January 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rising equity markets and falling liabilities in December combined to push the funded status of...
Record Year-End Pension Deficit for S&P 1500
January 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – S&P 1500 plan sponsors finished 2012 with the highest year-end pension deficit ever.