Public Pensions Funded Status Improves in Q1
Due to strong market performance during Q1 2017, the funded status improved for the 100 largest public DB plans in...
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Equity Rally Helped Pension Funding in April
While one source says pension funded status remained level and another says it dipped in April, both agree equity markets...
State Pension Underfunding and Contribution Decisions Hurt Credit Quality
“Current and future taxpayers are paying for the choices of prior administrations to extend generous benefits and/or not properly fund...
DB Plan Funded Status Moving in the Right Direction
Several analyses show funded status improvement for the month of March as well as the first quarter.
GSAM Predicts a Break in Stagnant Pension Funding Levels
The firm says DB plan funded levels may be on the move as interest rates and equity values rise simultaneously.
Vanguard Outlines ‘Last Best Chance’ for DB Plan Lump Sums
New mortality tables mandated by the IRS will go into effect in 2018, and PBGC premiums will only go up...
DB Plan Funding Sees Slight Uptick in February
Mercer reports no change in pension funded status, while Wilshire and LGIMA report a modest increase.
PBGC and Sears Reach Funding Security Agreement
PBGC explains the additional funding and security for the company's defined benefit pension plans is being provided in connection with...
Pension Plans of Largest U.S. Cities Offer Food For Thought
Many of the largest pension plans in the U.S. are lowering assumed long-term rates of return in light of global economic headwinds,...
Pension Plan Sponsors Increasingly Implementing Buy-Outs
Many of the sales came from smaller plans, LIMRA SRI finds.
Multiemployer Plans Have Some Successes
Account balances in multiemployer DC plans have grown, and the funded percentage of multiemployer DB plans has improved, a study...
Did Positive Returns Help Pension Plans in January?
Whether good market returns in January helped pension plans’ funded status depends on who you ask.
‘Off Budget’ PBGC Premiums Viewed As Essential By DB Industry
When PBGC launched, the flat rate was $1 per participant; now it stands at $64 per participant, indexed to increase...
Multiemployer Plans’ Zone Status Remains Stable
The numbers are virtually unchanged compared to data for the previous 12-month period, Segal Consulting finds.
Public Pensions Working to Improve Plans
Lowering costs, reducing return assumptions and experiencing healthy returns is putting a positive spin on public retirement plans’ future.
An Optimistic or Pessimistic Year for DB Funding?
Milliman forecasts both scenarios.
Pension Funded Status Sees Recovery in December
Several firms note that the year-end market rally helped reverse a downward trend for pension funding in 2016.
2017 Premium Filing Instructions Updated by PBGC
The guidance outlines how plan sponsors must use the My Plan Administration Account portal to electronically submit premium filings in...
Corporate Pension Deficits Increased in 2016
The aggregate pension funded status for the plans Willis Towers Watson tracked is estimated to be 80% at the end...
What Happens When DB Funding Relief Goes Away?
Defined benefit retirement plan sponsors should plan now for the future.