Top Global Pension Funds' Assets Reach Record High in 2010
September 6, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Total assets of the world’s largest 300 pension funds grew by 11% in 2010 (8%...
Tag: Defined Benefit
Another California County Publishes Retiree Benefit List
September 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Another California public employer has published a list of retiree benefit payments.
Chicago Public School Teachers Say Board Short Changed Pension Fund by $32.5 Million
September 2, 2011(PLANSPONSOR.com) – Chicago Public Schools have short-changed the teachers’ pension and retirement fund by tens of millions of...
GAO Expresses Concerns About DB Alternative Investments
August 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds and private equity investments pose a number of risks and challenges beyond those...
India May Allow Foreign Investment in Pension Funds
August 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – India may allow foreign investment of up to 26% in the pension sector, giving global...
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DB Plans Important in Achieving Retirement Income Adequacy
August 31, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Baby Boomer and Generation X households that have a defined benefit (DB) pension plan accrual...
Poll Finds More Pensions Using Investing Alternatives
August 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An SEI Quick Poll shows a...
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Dietrich Launches Pension Risk Index
August 17, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dietrich & Associates, Inc. has launched its Pension Risk Transfer Index, which provides a...
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MA Nurses in Disagreement over Pension Plan
August 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, who thought they had negotiated a more favorable retirement...
Market Downturn Highlights Importance of Risk Strategies
August 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Current stock market instability and falling bond yields underscore the risk defined benefit pension plan...
Milliman 100 Sees Largest Funded Status Decline of 2011
August 10, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans dropped by $68...
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New Marriage-Breakdown Rules Create Risk for Canadian DB Sponsors
August 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ontario has passed long-awaited regulations to the Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2009 (Bill 133),...
Canada Pension Plan Invests in U.S. Real Estate
August 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board said it is investing $284 million in four U.S....
S&P 1500 Firms See Pension Deficit Increase
August 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies increased by $74 billion...
U.S. Pension Funded Status Falls in July
August 3, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan in July fell 4.9 percentage...
PBGC to Pay Interest on Unreasonably Delayed DB Payments
August 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit held that a 45-day...
HHS Issues Rules on DB Pension Costs for Medicare Wage Index
August 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – In its newly proposed rules, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that...
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DC Offerings Increasingly Dominate Retirement Plan Landscape
July 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A survey from Aon Hewitt finds that defined contribution (DC) plans are now the primary...
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DB Participants Don’t Understand Plans
July 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Fidelity Investments survey of corporate pension plan participants has found a widespread lack of...
Canadian Pensions See Slight Gain in Q2 2011
July 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faltering global equity markets largely erased fixed income advances during the June quarter, according to...