EBSA Issues Q&A on Prohibited Transactions in Multiemployer Plans
October 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee...
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Delta Pilots to File Appeal with PBGC
October 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Delta Pilot's Pension Preservation Organization (DP3, Inc.), a group representing the interests of over...
Pension Risk Transfer Index Declines in September
October 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index...
Crain Communications Freezes DB Plan
October 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Crain Communications Inc. is freezing its defined benefit pension plan, completing a process that began...
Asia Institutional Investors Focus on Risk Management, Increasing Returns
October 12, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While institutional investors in Asia are focused on managing the risks associated with above average...
U.S. Pension System Holds onto Top 10 Ranking in Global Index
October 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The United States’ retirement system has...
Pension Funding Ratio Plummets in September
October 11, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension plan financials...
Milliman Reports Record Pension Funding Drop
October 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans dropped by $124...
Report Finds Private Pension System Stable
October 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to a new report by the Society of Actuaries (SOA), as a group, sponsors...
U.S. Pension Funding Ratios Fall in Third Quarter
October 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legal & General Investment Management America (LGIMA) announced that pension funding ratios fell approximately 22%...
Pension Funding Levels at Post-WWII Low
October 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies increased by $134 billion...
Canadians Show Confidence in Pension Plans
October 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - RBC Dexia Investor Services and Grant Thornton in Canada report that 83% of Canadian defined...
Pension Risk Transfer Index Increases in September
September 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Dietrich Pension Risk Transfer Index, which tracks the relative attractiveness of annuitizing pension liabilities,...
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U.S. Pension Risk Transfer Database Launched
September 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - CAMRADATA Analytical Services announced the launch of a new pension risk transfer (PRT) product database...
Fitch: Pension, Accounting, Tax & Regulatory Issues Unlikely to Affect U.S. Media Credit Quality
September 26, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to Fitch Ratings' annual “Credit Encyclo-Media” report, credit quality for the U.S. media sector...
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DATAIR Announces Addition to Plan Document System
September 23, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - DATAIR Employee Benefit Systems, Inc. announced...
New Report Highlights Lessons for Negotiating Public Pension Plan Reforms
September 14, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report from the Center...
BNY Mellon Sued Over Lehman Losses by Detroit City Pension Funds
September 13, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Bank of New York Mellon Corp. was accused in a lawsuit by Detroit pensions funds...
USPS On Brink of Default on Payment to Pre-Fund Retiree Health Benefits
September 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Without the enactment of legislation by the end of this month, the United States Postal...
Australian Institutional Funds Grew More Than Global Peers
September 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Latest research from Towers Watson and Pension & Investments shows in 2010, the growth in...