Times Co. Offers Pension Lump-Sums
September 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Times Co. has joined the list of companies offering retirees lump-sum payments of their...
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Healthcare Organizations Have Flat Returns in 2011
September 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 86 nonprofit healthcare organizations participating in the 2012 Commonfund Benchmarks Study of Healthcare Organizations...
Pension Deficits Improve in August
September 5, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During August, the aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased $58...
Court Finds Withdrawal Liability Calculation Suspect
September 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court found a multiemployer pension plan’s determination of a participating employer’s withdrawal...
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Retirement Benefit Solutions Offers DB Funding Modeling
August 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement Benefit Solutions LLC offers a defined benefit (DB) pension funding methodology to assist pensions...
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UPS to Move to New Pension
August 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a deal with the New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund, United Parcel...
Weighing the Pros and Cons of De-Risking Strategies
August 28, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Now seems like a popular time to offer lump sums, but according to a white...
2012 Another Challenging Year for U.S. Pensions
August 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The overall financial health of U.S. corporate defined benefit (DB) pension plans declined in 2011,...
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Hawker Beechcraft to Keep One Pension Plan
August 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hawker Beechcraft announced an agreement for handling its employee pension plans in its restructuring to...
Ratings Agency Finds Dire Environment for Pensions
August 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An analysis of pension plans in Canada and the U.S. shows ever increasing funding deficits.
Employer May Withdraw From Multi-Employer Plan in Critical Status
August 22, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Protection Act (PPA) does not bar an employer from withdrawing from a multi-employer...
More Large DB Plan Sponsors Adopting Fiduciary Solutions
August 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Russell Investments has seen a marked uptick in interest in investment outsourcing from larger corporate...
PBGC Will Pay Pensions Owed by Newsprint Producer
August 21, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will pay retirement benefits for nearly 1,300 current and...
Sysco to Freeze DB Plan
August 17, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In its second-quarter earnings call, food-service distributor Sysco Corp. announced it has decided to restructure...
Pension Risk Transfer Index Measures Lowest Level
August 16, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities,...
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New York Life Enhances Plan Sponsors’ Web Portal
August 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New York Life Retirement Plan Services has enhanced its Client Access website, with upgrades to...
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Paper Addresses Longevity Risk for Pensions
August 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A true understanding of longevity risk is the needed catalyst for U.S. corporate pension plans...
Institutional Investors Have Negative Returns in Q2
August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Negative returns from domestic and international equities may have caused U.S. institutional investment plan sponsors...
International Equities Drag Down Institutional Plan Performance
August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a rising bond market, falling equity returns -- especially international equity -- proved to...
Pensions Have Record Low Funding Level in July
August 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan reached a record low in...