Tag: Pension funding

Using the smoothed assets as allowed and smoothed bond rates require by current law to discount the liability, the 2014...

The funding increase was due to a 4% gain in asset value that offset a 1% liability increase, according to...

Due to strong market performance during Q1 2017, the funded status improved for the 100 largest public DB plans in...

While one source says pension funded status remained level and another says it dipped in April, both agree equity markets...

“Current and future taxpayers are paying for the choices of prior administrations to extend generous benefits and/or not properly fund...

Several analyses show funded status improvement for the month of March as well as the first quarter.

The firm says DB plan funded levels may be on the move as interest rates and equity values rise simultaneously.

New mortality tables mandated by the IRS will go into effect in 2018, and PBGC premiums will only go up...

Mercer reports no change in pension funded status, while Wilshire and LGIMA report a modest increase.

PBGC explains the additional funding and security for the company's defined benefit pension plans is being provided in connection with...

Many of the largest pension plans in the U.S. are lowering assumed long-term rates of return in light of global economic headwinds,...

Many of the sales came from smaller plans, LIMRA SRI finds.

Account balances in multiemployer DC plans have grown, and the funded percentage of multiemployer DB plans has improved, a study...

Whether good market returns in January helped pension plans’ funded status depends on who you ask.

When PBGC launched, the flat rate was $1 per participant; now it stands at $64 per participant, indexed to increase...

The numbers are virtually unchanged compared to data for the previous 12-month period, Segal Consulting finds.

Lowering costs, reducing return assumptions and experiencing healthy returns is putting a positive spin on public retirement plans’ future.

Milliman forecasts both scenarios.

Several firms note that the year-end market rally helped reverse a downward trend for pension funding in 2016.

The guidance outlines how plan sponsors must use the My Plan Administration Account portal to electronically submit premium filings in...