Tag: Defined Benefit

Employees with deferred vested benefits under the firm’s pension plan may elect to receive a lump-sum payment.

An appellate court ruled that the decisions to amend the plan and transfer certain assets to an annuity contract were...

The Principal will assume obligation for pension benefits of certain retirees of the Lincoln Electric Company.

Several well-known music recording companies are named in a lawsuit tied to music streaming revenues and other sources of potential...

Corporate ERISA plans returned -1.6% at the median in the second quarter, according to Northern Trust.

It’s been something of a common monthly performance story for pension plans in recent years, with decreasing rates overpowering increasing...

“The misery of uncertainty is worse than the certainty of misery,” commented one retirement industry expert, on the release of...

Growth without the drawdown risk in a defined benefit plan? Alternatives may be an answer, some experts say.

Movement in the effective interest rate decreased pension plan liabilities sharply during the second quarter of 2015.

The firms announced an “expanded array of defined benefit plan services” after nearly a year and a half of partnership...

A federal appellate court says a defined benefit plan beneficiary has no standing to sue the plan if he cannot...

The agency says funding relief prevents it from getting all information it needs to help plans.

Seventy percent of DB plan sponsors are contributing more to their plans than the minimum required amount.

Over-funded pension plans would have a longer time period in which they could use surpluses to pay for retiree health...

And real estate is the most popular alternative asset class for pensions, a survey shows.

Effective July 9, DB plan sponsors may no longer offer a lump-sum window to participants who have begun receiving installments.

MassMutual’s new pension buyout business leader takes on the role during a peak time for risk transfer activity. 

Benefit Plans Administrative Services (BPAS) has acquired the defined contribution plan administration practice of Lifetime Benefit Solutions (LBS).

Michael Kreps has rejoined the Groom Law Group to help expand the premier policy practice.

Launches new publication for sponsors and advisers.