IRS Provides Sample Plan Amendment for Underfunded Pension Plan Limitations
November 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a notice providing a sample plan amendment that...
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Pensions Will Report Lower Funded Ratios under New GASB Rules
The report noted that GASB proposes two major changes for reporting purposes: Assets would be valued at market rather than smoothed;...
Pension Risk Transfer Index Ticks Down in October
November 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities, declined...
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USPS to Resume Retirement Payments in December
November 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will resume payments to its Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS)...
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Segal Provides Overview of Pension Funding Policy
November 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new issue of Segal’s Public Sector Letter provides an overview of pension funding policy,...
San Diego Pension Initiative Will be on Ballot
November 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The pension reform initiative for the city of San Diego will be on the city’s...
Illinois House Committee Approves Pension Bill
November 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Illinois House Personnel and Pensions Committee approved a bill which would set-up a three-tiered...
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San Francisco Voters Approve Pension Reform Prop.
November 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee’s pension reform plan was approved by city voters on Tuesday,...
Foundations and Endowments Hit Hardest by Q3 Market Decline
November 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Among institutional asset owners, not a...
Philadelphia Orchestra Asks Court to Stop Pension Fund from Harassing Donors
November 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Philadelphia Orchestra Association filed a motion last week asking the court to stop the...
Pa. Town Considering Tax to Address Pension Funding
November 8, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The town of York, Pennsylvania, is considering establishing a “distressed pension earned income tax,” according...
Investment Gains Fuel Pension Funded Status Improvement in October
November 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In October, Milliman, Inc.’s Pension Funding...
Funded Status of U.S. Pensions Rises to 74.8% in October
November 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong asset returns and no change in liabilities in October drove a 4.7 percentage-point increase...
U.S. Pension Plan Funding Recovers in October After Record Lows
November 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $41 billion...
Towers Watson Reviews Pension Volatility Management Strategies
October 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Towers Watson has completed a special analysis on how different pension financial management strategies affect...
Public Retirement Holdings Have Decreased
October 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's state and local public employee retirement systems had $2.5 trillion in total cash and investment...
Pension Funding Ratio Plummets in September
October 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension plan financials...
Milliman Reports Record Pension Funding Drop
October 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans dropped by $124...
Several Pennsylvania Government Pension Plans to Receive State Aid
October 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner said 87% of the state's 1,488 municipalities receiving state aid for their...
U.S. Pension Funding Ratios Decline Sharply During Third Quarter
October 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The UBS Global Asset Management US...