Tag: Defined Benefit

June 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nearly half (47%) of corporate defined benefit (DB) plans are still active and open to...

June 12, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index rose more than two points from its prior month’s level of...

June 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) made significant changes to funding requirements and administrative...

June 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – As more employers look to reduce risk from their defined benefit (DB) plans, there are...

June 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors Co. will offer lump-sum payments to select U.S. salaried retirees.

May 23, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A significant number of U.S. employers that still offer defined benefit (DB) pension plans say...

May 18, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities,...

May 15, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor reached an agreement with a California fruit and nut company...

May 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual's Retirement Services Division enhanced its defined benefit (DB) plan termination services offering to existing...

May 14, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A grand jury is investigating complaints against the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers’ pension and benefits...

May 11, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) will take responsibility for pension plans sponsored by Dewey...

May 9, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan in April fell 3.5 percentage...

May 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A former executive and part owner of an Illinois...

May 4, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Hawker Beechcraft warned that it may have to terminate...

May 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Two pension groups have proposed changes to the Internal Revenue Service’s proposal to encourage partial...

May 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As a result of the double digit returns of equities and real estate investment trusts...

May 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies grew $39 billion in...

April 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Among benefits most directly related to economic security, employers with 50 or more employees are...

April 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Beacon Consulting Group has released "The Evolving Pension Operating Model."

April 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ford Motor Company announced it will...