Tag: Defined Benefit

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Society of Actuaries mortality tables are not required to be used by defined benefit plans, and there may be something...

A typical DB plan provides equivalent retirement benefits at about half the cost of a DC plan, the NIRS says.

Pension plan deficits of Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 1500 companies increased by $17 billion in November.

BNY Mellon reports the funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan increased to 89.9% in November.

Wilshire reports that stability in aggregate pension funding during November was the result of comparable increases in asset and liability...

Pension funds globally say they intend to adopt a more proactive approach to managing their assets.

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) has commented about the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s request to obtain information about de-risking moves...

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is publishing a final rule for transferring defined contribution (DC) plan accounts into a...

Credit Suisse AG has received temporary approval to continue acting as a qualified professional asset manager (QPAM), after pleading guilty...

As defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors try to decrease their risks, offering a lump-sum distribution opportunity for certain participants has...

Americans' retirement expectations were damaged significantly by the “Great Recession,” as seen in a nearly 23% drop in workers retiring...

Letitia James, New York City’s public advocate, is readying legislation that would create a board tasked with studying and establishing...

Realizing its pension plan is unsustainable, the Singing River Health System in Mississippi is offering employees the option to cash...

The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan fell 0.4 percentage points to 89.5% in October, according to...

The aggregate funded ratio of U.S. corporate pension plans was relatively unchanged in October.

There are certain events that defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors are required to report to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation...

October 31, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Government Accountability Office (GAO) studied measures of private and public defined benefit (DB) plan...

October 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional plan sponsors lost nearly 1% in the third quarter of 2014 at the median,...

October 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – With the final approval of its first new mortality tables since 2000, the Society of...