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...
Tag: Pension funding
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.
Trump Election a Positive So Far for DB Funded Status
Consultants estimate an improvement in funded ratios for defined benefit plans in November, and all attribute it to market activity...
Questionable Future for Multiemployer Pension Plans
Milliman reports that multiemployer pension plans’ funded status has been steady so far in 2016, but its analysis shows questionable...
Pension Plan Sponsors Need to Manage Longevity Risk
The underestimation of human life spans by forecasters and the potentially sharp unanticipated increases in longevity resulting from medical breakthroughs...
Sources Pin DB Funded Status at 77% for October
Mercer data shows the funding ration as flat from September to October, while Wilshire and Legal & General Investment Management...
Small Pension Plan Sponsors Fully Embrace PRT Transactions
Nearly 85% of pension plans paying PBGC premiums have less than 1,000 participants—so it only makes sense that small plans...