Pension Funding Sees 8th Consecutive Month of Improvement
May 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan in April rose 0.7 percentage...
Tag: Defined Benefit
SURVEY SAYS: Which Would Your Workforce Most Prefer – DB or DC?
May 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Gary Findlay’s column earlier this week triggered a couple of interesting comments – and a...
Towers Watson Pension Index up for Q1 2011
April 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – All regions in the Towers Watson Pension Index saw positive investment returns and interest rate...
Low Interest Rates Hold Back Pension Funding Levels
April 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funding levels at large U.S. companies improved modestly at the end of last year,...
Pension Plan Participant Sues over Alternative Investments
April 27, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recently filed lawsuit claims that Weyerhaeuser Company, its investment managers, and other fiduciaries to...
Institutional Investors See Modest Gains in Q1 2011
April 25, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plans in the Northern Trust Universe advanced 3.6% at the median in the first quarter...
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AP, Union Reach Deal on Pension
April 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Associated Press has reached a tentative labor agreement covering about 1,200...
Pension Plan Funding Continues Improvement
April 21, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The financial health of corporate pension plans continues to improve from the 2008-early 2009 recession,...
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CalPERS Adopts Priorities for DB Plans
April 18, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration recently adopted a 12-point set...
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Retirement Plan Market on the Upswing
April 15, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Strong performance across all equity sectors coupled with positive returns in the bond markets helped...
Sponsor Contributions Drive up Pension Funding
April 7, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $43 billion...
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Vanguard Offers Service for Terminating DB Plans
April 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Vanguard is offering a new service to help participants in terminating defined benefit plans make...
Pension Plan Funding Ratio Inches up in March
April 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan in March inched up 0.5...
Q111 Pension Funding up 5%
April 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Pension funding ratios increased approximately 5% in the first quarter of 2011, following a 10%...
Gift Basket Retailer Asks to Dump Pensions
March 30, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Gift basket retailer Harry & David, in its filing for bankruptcy, has asked for court...
Record Employer Contributions Lead to Pension Funding Improvement
March 29, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Milliman 100 companies contributed a record $59.4 billion to their defined benefit pension plans...
Pension Funding Continued Upward in February
March 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. corporate pension plans in February continued to benefit from the global stock market rally,...
Pension Shortfall fell to $260B in February
March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The aggregate deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased during February from...
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Group Blames DB Decline on Funding Volatility Concerns
March 2, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new research brief by a Washington, D.C. trade group blames “an onerous regulatory environment”...
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Study Finds New DB Top Concerns
February 28, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new MetLife study finds defined benefit sponsors now rank Underfunding of Liabilities and Asset...