Administration | March 5th, 2013 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%...
Administration | March 5th, 2013 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...
Administration | March 4th, 2013 State DB Plan Funding Fell 4% March 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funding level of state-sponsored defined benefit...
Administration | March 1st, 2013 Falling Interest Rates Still Hurting Pensions March 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An increase in assets was accompanied by...
Administration | February 27th, 2013 Smoothing May Distort Financial Picture for DBs February 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Understanding the financial status of a defined...
Compliance | February 12th, 2013 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...
Deals and People | February 7th, 2013 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...
Administration | February 6th, 2013 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...
Administration | February 5th, 2013 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...
Administration | February 5th, 2013 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...
Administration | January 31st, 2013 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...
Administration | January 9th, 2013 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.
Administration | January 7th, 2013 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...
Administration | January 4th, 2013 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...
Administration | January 4th, 2013 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...
Administration | January 3rd, 2013 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.
Administration | January 2nd, 2013 Pension Funding Levels Slightly Declined in 2012 January 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Corporate pension plan funding levels declined modestly in 2012, keeping most plans considerably underfunded.
Compliance | December 19th, 2012 DB Sponsors Must Make Key Decisions by Dec. 31 December 19, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – For defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors, December 31 is an important deadline under established and...
Administration | December 10th, 2012 Pension Funding Equation Is Not So Simple December 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On a basic level, defined benefit (DB) pension plan funded status is the ratio of...
Administration | December 5th, 2012 S&P 1500 Face Record Year-End Pension Deficit December 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $12 billion...