Tag: Defined Benefit

August 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent report reveals the amount pensions of S&P 500 companies were underfunded in 2012...

August 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A district court granted a preliminary injunction against former fiduciaries of several Kentucky pension plans.

July 31, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funds should have adequate capital to cover new requirements imposed on the bulk of...

July 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The rising price tag of health care and the risks and costs associated with funding...

July 25, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Anglican Church of Canada is asking members of its pension plan for more time...

July 24, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has obtained a judgment in federal court against a...

July 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The overall funded status of U.S. pension plans was down at the end of 2012,...

July 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Paul McKiernan rejoined Commonfund as a managing director for its institutional sales team.

July 12, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If bond yields keep rising, and equities and other return-generating asset classes outperform fixed-income, plan...

July 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of corporate pensions improved in June by $47 billion.

July 11, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities,...

July 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced a bill that would overhaul the existing public pension...

July 10, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit against former and current officers of BNY Mellon...

July 8, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A survey from Towers Watson found allocations to alternative assets by pension funds now account...

July 5, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal judge ruled that an ex-wife was entitled to a subsidy for early retirement...

July 3, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found a benefits committee used a reasonable process to...

July 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funding level for S&P 1500 pension plans rose to its highest point since 2011,...

July 2, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of U.S. corporate pensions rose by 3.1 percentage points in June to...

July 1, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of pension plans improved over the second quarter of 2013, said UBS...

June 28, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has published an Implementation Guide for new financial reporting...