Do You Need a Transition Manager?
August 15, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The need for transition management services depends on the size and liquidity of the assets,...
Tag: Defined Benefit
DB Plan Sponsors May Pay Later for Funding Relief
August 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Although pension funding stabilization will ease financial constraints on defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors in...
Proper Analysis Ensures Right Pension Risk Transfer Decision
August 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If defined benefit plan sponsors start a pension risk transfer process with the wrong assumptions,...
Anheuser-Busch Pension Participants Owed Enhanced Benefits
August 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has determined that certain participants of Anheuser-Busch’s pension plan are due...
Benefits |
Xerox Freezing Buck Consultants Pension Plan
August 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Human resources consulting firm Buck Consultants at Xerox is making changes to its retirement plans.
DB Sponsors to See Extended Funding Relief
August 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A bill awaiting President Barack Obama’s signature would provide extended funding relief for defined benefit...
Rulings Signal DB Retiree Lump-Sum Windows Comply with Law
August 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a number of private letter rulings finding defined...
Process for Terminating Investment Managers Is Important
August 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – While much time is spent selecting investment managers, not nearly enough time is spent in...
Opinions |
What’s in Your DB Plan Toolbox?
August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the first decade of the millennium, we saw market crashes that wiped billions of...
S&P 1500 Companies See Pension Funding Fall in July
August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pension deficits for companies on the S&P 1500 Index remain above year-end 2013 levels, following a drop...
Benefits |
Baby Boomers Stuck in the Middle
August 5, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Unprepared Baby Boomers face a bleak decision as they enter their mid-60s—work beyond the traditional...
Benefits |
Kodak Changing from Traditional to Cash Balance Pension
August 4, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Eastman Kodak Company is moving employees from a traditional defined benefit pension plan to a...
IRS Announces Webinar on DB Plan Termination
August 1, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will host a defined benefit plan termination webinar on August 14...
DB Benefit Payments Continue to Stimulate Economy
July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The $476.8 billion in public and private defined benefit (DB) pension plan payments in 2012...
ETF Adoption Driven by Goals Investing
July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Interest in specific investment outcomes is likely to drive continued institutional exchange-traded fund (ETF) adoption,...
Buy-Ins a Logical Step in Pension Risk Transfer
July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors have a whole spectrum of options for offloading pension risk, says Wayne Daniel,...
Reducing DB Costs, Risk via Lump-Sum Windows
July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – There is a spectrum of de-risking strategies defined benefit (DB) plan sponsors can use.
Downside Protection Comes at a Price
July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Market corrections are notoriously difficult—many say impossible—to predict, but that doesn’t mean investors should abandon...
EBSA to Discuss Small Business Retirement Plan Options
July 29, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will conduct a webcast for small...
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Nyhart Opens Consulting Office in Colorado
July 28, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nyhart Actuary and Employee Benefits has opened a new sales and consulting office in Denver.