Tag: Defined Benefit

The SEC has charged Standard & Poor’s with fraudulent ratings conduct related to ratings of mortgage-backed securities.

The DOL has issued guidance about new DB plan funding notice requirements of the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of...

The surviving spouse of a fully vested participant in a FedEx pension plan claims she is being unlawfully denied a...

The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted several sets of rules and proposed others related to data collection and reporting for...

The passage of the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 represents an important milestone for multiemployer pension plans in the...

The PBGC is revising its premium filing procedures to require reporting of pension risk transfer actions.

A judge has issued multiple restraining orders to prevent the Singing River Health System from terminating its pension plan for...

A pension plan that has changed actuarial services firms can have a change in funding method automatically approved.

Defined benefit plan sponsors are seeking an alternative to hedge funds.

In 2015, the question for defined benefit plan sponsors will not just be, “What will interest rates do?”

Low interest rates and new mortality tables overpowered the year’s positive asset returns, resulting in a 9% decline in funding...

The funded status of U.S. corporate pensions dropped to 87.3% in the last month of 2014, according to BNY Mellon...

The new PBGC Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate has released her first annual report of issues.

The financial health of private pension plans weakened in 2014, with funded ratios falling to levels resembling post-recession lows.

Two major league baseball teams have discontinued pension plans for non-uniformed staff.

Transamerica Retirement Solutions welcomes Mark Valentine as vice president of defined benefit sales and business development.

 

NCR Corporation announced an annuity purchase to secure certain pension plan participants' benefits.

 

ICI’s latest quarterly assessment shows retirement assets account for 36% of all household financial assets in the United States.

MetLife will take over pension payments to the retirees and beneficiaries covered by the agreement.

Trends, legislation, regulations and litigation will continue to affect the retirement industry in 2015.