IRS Provides Multiemployer Plan Funding Relief
November 29, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – On Friday the Internal Revenue Service provided some additional guidance on funding...
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IASB, FASB Reach Tentative Agreements on IAS 19
November 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board...
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Retirement Plan Participation Dips, But…
November 18, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new report suggests that workplace retirement plan participation is down, but...
EBSA Releases DB Funding Notice Proposed Rule
November 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Federal regulators have released a proposed rule clarifying section 101(f) of the Employee Retirement Income...
Fitch Finds Insurer Pensions Funding Improved in 2009
November 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to a Fitch Ratings special report, the funded status of U.S. life and non-life...
October Sees Second Monthly Pension Increase
November 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – NewMilliman data shows the 100 large plans in the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index experienced...
Fed’s Quantitative Easing Program Could Hurt Pensions
November 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Federal Reserve’s program of quantitative easing (QE2) has the potential to cause further deterioration...
In Japan, It's all about De-Risking
November 9, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Funding ratios for Japanese pension funds declined to 82% in 2010, a slight deterioration from...
Questions About Hybrid Plan Regulations?
November 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Looking for insights on those new hybrid plan regulations?
October DB Plan Funded Status at 80.3%
November 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A second straight month of strong equity returns combined with declining liabilities drove the October...
DB Plans See Deficits Decrease in October
November 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The deficit in pension plans sponsored by S&P 1500 companies decreased by $56 billion to...
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Many Participants not Confident of Pension Payout
October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nineteen percent of individuals with a defined benefit pension plan who responded to Mercer’s recently...
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MetLife Whitepaper Focuses on Partial Risk Transfer Approach
October 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A new paper by MetLife entitled "Topics in Pension Risk Management: The Role of Partial...
North American Pensions See Marginal Funding Improvement in Q310
October 21, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Pension funded status for U.S. plans showed a marginal improvement in the third quarter, increasing...
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U.S. Ranks 10th in Global Pension Index
October 20, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The U.S. retirement income system ranks tenth in the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, designed...
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Pension Applications (Pen-Apps) Forms New Consulting Firm
October 15, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An independent pension actuarial consulting firm specializing in asset liability modeling (ALM), plan design and...
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Northern Trust Expands Exposure Analysis for Institutional Plans
October 13, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Northern Trust has enhanced its Exposure analysis tool for institutional investors to...
Q310 Pension Funding Down 1%
October 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The UBS Global Asset Management U.S. Pension Fund Fitness Tracker found that the typical pension...
Pension Plans See Strongest Gain for Year in September
October 7, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - September produced the strongest one-month gain this year in funding status for the typical U.S....
Volatile Market Presents Challenges for DB Plan Investment Decision Making
October 5, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At a time when U.S. pension plan funded positions have been battered by volatile equity...