Tag: Defined Benefit

December 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many mid-market pension plans are considering de-risking, but still need to create a formal strategy.

December 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent analysis from Russell Investments indicates that some companies still have confidence in their...

December 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An analysis has found a fixed income strategy that may work regardless of interest rate...

December 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) Index increased fractionally during November.

December 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index shows that the funded status of the 100 largest...

December 9, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Community Bank System Inc., through its subsidiary Benefit Plans Administrative Services Inc. (BPAS), reached an agreement...

December 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The governor of Illinois has signed a pension reform bill into law.

December 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The value of the Towers Watson Pension Index reached a five-year high during November.

December 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A research brief from Russell Investments finds that funding levels for pension plans have improved.

December 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A survey reveals that many state pension plans have increased their required employee contribution rates.

December 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has adopted a new set of core competencies...

December 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Both defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) plans can benefit from outsourcing chief investment...

December 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has confirmed that General Motors need not continue pension payments made...

December 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Three U.S. senators have reintroduced a bill to address long-term liabilities facing the federal government.

December 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Investment service provider BNY Mellon released a liquidity administration service as part of its fund-of-hedge-funds...

December 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan in November improved 2.1 percentage...

December 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Accounting for the source of funded ratio increases within defined benefit (DB) plans is critical...

December 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The cost of purchasing pension annuities from insurers fell to 108.3% of liabilities during October,...

November 27, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Horizons ETFs Management (USA) LLC launched the Horizons S&P Financial Select Sector Covered Call ETF.

November 26, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A research paper examines the benefits of moving from a defined benefit (DB) plan to...