Pension Plan Funded Status Improved in December
January 5, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status of the typical U.S. corporate pension plan climbed 3.8 percentage points higher...
Tag: Defined Benefit
Pension Funding Ratios up 11% in Q4 2010
January 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Legal & General Investment Management America’s Pension Fiscal Fitness Monitor indicates that pension funding ratios increased11%...
Benefits |
Belo Corp. Splits out Pensions of Newspaper Companies
January 4, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A. H. Belo Corporation and parent company Belo Corp. have completed the split of The...
2008 5500 Filings Track DB, DC Plan Trends
December 31, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A review of the Form 5500 filings from 2008 confirms what even...
Pittsburgh Pressing to Prevent Pension Pick-Up
December 31, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Putting Pittsburgh’s pension problems to bed is proving to be complicated.
Opinions |
Fallacies in the Public Retirement Arena
December 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The following was written in response to an article published here on December 15 by...
House Abandons Bill to Extend Relief from DB Funding Rule
December 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. House adjourned Wednesday without action on a bill passed by the Senate that...
Benefits |
DB Sponsors Focused on Managing Risk
December 22, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension plan sponsors in the United States are seeking more effective management of pension risks...
NIRS Names New Executive Director
December 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) has selected Diane Oakley to...
IRS Publishes Guidance on DB Funding Relief
December 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Internal Revenue Service has published guidance on the special rules on...
DB Discount Rate Reductions May Be in Order for 2010
December 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The range of discount rates being used by defined benefit plan sponsors continues to widen...
Illinois TRS to Seek TIPS Manager
December 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Board of Trustees of the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System has authorized...
Fewer Companies Putting Employer Stock in DB Plans
December 10, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – According to a recent Towers Watson analysis, the overall trend has been away from holding...
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DB Plans Gaining New Appreciation from Workers
December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Retirement benefits - especially defined benefit (DB) programs - are giving U.S. employers an added...
Pension Funding Sees Slight Uptick in November
December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets declined less than liabilities at the typical U.S. corporate pension plan in November resulting...
Study Finds UK, US Sponsors Have Different Pension Risk Priorities
December 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report indicates that while US and UK plan sponsors are...
Pension Funding Levels See Uptick in November
December 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Though pension funding levels improved in November, they have not recovered to year-end 2009 levels,...
GM Makes $4 Billion Pension Contribution
December 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - General Motors Company has made the previously announced voluntary $4 billion cash...
LDI Adoption Steady, Definition "Fluid"
December 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An SEI Global Quick Poll released last month shows that the number...
IRS Extends DB Amendment Deadline
November 30, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has extended the deadline for amending certain defined benefit plans...