Employer Can Reduce Monthly Pension to Fix Error
March 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal court has ruled that an employer did not breach its fiduciary duties by...
Tag: Defined Benefit
IRS Updates Rates Used in DB Plan Funding Calculations
March 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2010-24, updating weighted average interest rates, yield curves,...
IRS Updates Rates Used in DB Plan Funding Calculations
March 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2010-24, updating weighted average interest rates, yield curves,...
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UK Stats Highlight Shift from DB to DC
March 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New figures from the UK's Office for National Statistics show a continuing decline in the...
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UK Stats Highlight Shift from DB to DC
March 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New figures from the UK's Office for National Statistics show a continuing decline in the...
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Mercer Helps DB Sponsors with Next Step after Freezing
March 1, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new Mercer offering helps sponsors of frozen pension plans decide whether, and how, to...
Reid Puts Together New Bill for COBRA Subsidy Extension, Pension Relief
February 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new bill being put together by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) would extend...
Report Highlights Public and Private Pension Disparities in Wisconsin
February 24, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – With the hope of spurring pension reform that helps solve the state's budget problem, the...
Study Finds Pension Plan Sponsors More Focused on Liabilities
February 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Risk management remains a key area of concern for pension plan sponsors, but...
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IMHO: Promises Premises
February 23, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - It was hard not to be struck this past week by that Pew...
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Principal Offers DB Funding Tutorial
February 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Principal Financial Group is offering defined benefit sponsors a tutorial explaining the steps employers...
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Participants Paying More Attention to DB Plans
February 17, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Mercer's outsourcing business has seen a 40% increase in participant requests for calculations of their...
BT Reaches Plan Funding Pact
February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.K. Telecom giant BT has worked out a plan to plug a record £9 billion...
Reid Splits HIRE Bill into Pieces
February 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has chopped in half a broad package of business...
2010 is all about Pension Funding Volatility Controls
February 11, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com)–When defined benefit pension sponsors peer into their crystal balls for the rest of 2010, most see...
Pensions See January Funding Status Drop
February 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Companies in the S&P 1500 suffered a slight drop in their pension plan funded status...
Lawmakers/Companies Make Further Plea for Pension Funding Relief
February 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - On a press conference call on February 4, an array of employers and retirement experts...
U.K. Real Estate Firm Insures its Pension
February 4, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.K. buyout company Pension Insurance Corporation said it will insure the pension liabilities of Liberty...
DB Sponsors Face Significantly Higher Contributions in 2010
February 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The funded status for most pension plans is anticipated to decline significantly and pension plan...
Towers Watson Finds DB Plans Outperformed DC Plans
February 3, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Rates of return for defined benefit (DB) pension plans outpaced those for defined contribution (DC)...