Tag: Pension funding

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

The aggregate pension funded status for the plans Willis Towers Watson tracked is estimated to be 80% at the end...

Defined benefit retirement plan sponsors should plan now for the future.

Consultants estimate an improvement in funded ratios for defined benefit plans in November, and all attribute it to market activity...

Milliman reports that multiemployer pension plans’ funded status has been steady so far in 2016, but its analysis shows questionable...

The underestimation of human life spans by forecasters and the potentially sharp unanticipated increases in longevity resulting from medical breakthroughs...

Mercer data shows the funding ration as flat from September to October, while Wilshire and Legal & General Investment Management...

Nearly 85% of pension plans paying PBGC premiums have less than 1,000 participants—so it only makes sense that small plans...

A lot of parties are involved in even a modestly sized pension risk transfer deal; aligning their interests, timelines and...

However, the funded status improvement was modest.

An analysis from the Society of Actuaries finds plans with lower discount rates actually had lower unfunded liabilities.

An analysis by October Three found that for the year, a pension with a more moderate allocation was down more...

Plaintiffs in a newly filed lawsuit argue inaccurate liability valuations have resulted in costly pension plan management mistakes. 

Wilshire Consulting’s 2016 report is based on the most recent financial and actuarial reports of 109 retirement systems.

Guidelines published by Transamerica highlight the importance of clean data and careful planning when it comes to minimizing defined benefit...

Analyses by Mercer, Wilshire and LGIMA varied on whether DB funded status increased, decreased or remained the same in August.

The Pension Protection Act of 2006 had good intentions to get pension plans fully funded, but the market environment since...

Mercer reports the funded status of S&P 1500 DB plans increased 1% in July, while Wilshire says the funded status...

While some multiemployer plans are in poor shape financially, many more are doing just fine, according to an analysis from...

Mercer finds a 3% decline for S&P 1500 companies and Wilshire finds a 1.8% decline for S&P 500 companies for...