Tag: Defined Benefit

December 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MassMutual has a new Pension Funding Scorecard to help defined benefit plan sponsors more effectively evaluate...

December 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Prudential Retirement has issued a white paper to provide guidance on de-risking defined benefit retirement...

December 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report indicates a proposal to switch the New Hampshire Retirement System (NHRS) to a...

December 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Sun Life Financial has introduced longevity insurance designed to lessen life expectancy risk for companies...

December 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – McGraw-Hill announced it will freeze its defined benefit pension plan on April 1, 2012.  

December 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $30.11 per hour worked in September 2011, the U.S....

December 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Liabilities fell faster than assets for...

December 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $80 billion...

December 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ailing defined benefit pension plans are poised to be rescued by insured pension risk transfer...

December 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Eighty-two percent of small business owners believe that employees should have a pension benefit for...

December 1, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Supreme Court of Canada has...

November 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal bankruptcy judge agreed to allow the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to take over...

November 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a notice providing a sample plan amendment that...

November 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A report from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College suggests that for corporate...

November 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has certified a class action lawsuit in the case against Countrywide that...

November 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. were sued by two pension funds...

November 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities, declined...

November 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - SunTrust Banks will freeze its employee pension plan at the end of the year.

November 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –  According to new research released by...

November 9, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During a Webcast by PwC, Ken...