Court Moves Forward Part of Case over Alternative Investments
September 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal district court has given the green light to certain claims that fiduciaries to...
Tag: Defined Benefit
Pension Participants Sued for Benefits Too Late
September 4, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court ruled pension participants filed their lawsuit for benefits past the statute...
Court Dismisses Lawsuit against BlackRock
August 29, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A Tennessee district court dismissed a lawsuit against BlackRock that dealt with allegations of excessive...
Disagreement Voiced on IRS Church Plan Ruling
August 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Pension Rights Center expressed disagreement with a recent ruling by the Internal Revenue Service...
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USEC Freezes DB Plan
August 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – USEC Inc. has frozen its defined benefit pension plan covering nonunion employees.
Improvement Needed for State Pension Funding Levels
August 26, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. state pensions are showing some signs of stabilization, but significant improvement in funded levels...
Cost of Purchasing Annuities Down in July
August 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The cost of purchasing annuities for retirees' pension liabilities decreased moderately over July, from 109.4%...
Trustees to Repay Union Benefit Funds
August 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The trustees of union benefit funds have begun a process of repayment to the funds...
Pension Risk Transfer Index Slips
August 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities,...
Pension Funding Ratios Higher in 2Q13
August 13, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Traditional U.S. corporate defined benefit plans ended the second quarter with 4% to 6% higher...
Contributions Will Determine How Pension Funding Swings
August 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of pension plans continued its climb in July, continuing the upward trend...
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Mercer to Acquire Pension Wind-Up Firm
August 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Consulting firm Mercer has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the pension wind-up business of...
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Report Prepares Pension Plans for Swap-Trading Requirements
August 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Regulatory complexities for pension plan asset managers will take on new urgency on September 9,...
DB Plans' Funding Deficit Drops $24B in July
August 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In July, large defined benefit plans experienced a $26 billion increase in asset value and...
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OneAmerica Enhances Bundled DB Plan Product
August 7, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The companies of OneAmerica have introduced a new, streamlined approach for their bundled defined benefit...
Institutional Investors Have Mixed Q213
August 6, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Institutional investors posted mixed returns in Q213, according to the Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service...
Funded Status of Corporate Pensions Rises
August 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan in July increased 1.6 percentage...
S&P 1500 Reaches Highest Pension Funding Since 2008
August 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Funding levels of pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies continued a strong rebound in...
Brokerage Must Repay Plan Participants, Beneficiaries
August 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An insurance brokerage firm must repay more than $270,000 to the participants and beneficiaries of...
July Signals Positive Trend for Pension Plan Sponsors
August 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent analysis found that July signaled a positive trend so far in 2013 for...